{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006/schedule-7/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/47",
  "legislation_title": "Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In entries 1 and 5 in the table the reference to regulated activity must be construed by disregarding sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 if the activity—\n(a) relates to a child who has not attained the age of 16, or\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) In entries 1, 5 and 9 in the table the reference to regulated activity includes a reference to an activity which would be a regulated activity if—\n(a) it were carried out frequently, or\n(b) it were not merely incidental to another activity.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 3(1)(b) repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after S.I. 2012/2157 comes into force) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), ss. 72(6), 120, Sch. 10 Pt. 5 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(i)(bb)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 7 para. 3(2) substituted (10.9.2012) by The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2113), arts. 1(2), 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 3(3) repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after S.I. 2012/2157 comes into force) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 73(3), Sch. 10 Pt. 5 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(aa)(bb)(iv)"
    }
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      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/2231",
      "affecting_title": "The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8 and Saving) Order 2012"
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      "affecting_title": "The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8 and Saving) Order 2012"
    },
    {
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      "affecting_title": "The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8 and Saving) Order 2012"
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    {
      "type": "coming into force",
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      "affecting_title": "The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8 and Saving) Order 2012"
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/47/schedule/7/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:33.775292+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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