Section 60 InterpretationI1I2
England, Wales and Northern Ireland
In this Act—
F1 “ adult ” means a person who has attained the age of 18;
“the adults' barred list” must be construed in accordance with section 2(1)(b);
“barred list” means the children's barred list or the adults' barred list;
“child” means a person who has not attained the age of 18;
“the children's barred list” must be construed in accordance with section 2(1)(a);
F2“DBS” means the Disclosure and Barring Service established by section 87(1) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012;
“educational institution” includes any training provider (within the meaning of Part 3 of the Education Act 2005 (c. 18)), whether or not the training provider would otherwise be regarded as an institution;
“employment agency” and “employment business” must be construed in accordance with the Employment Agencies Act 1973 (c. 35);
“personnel supplier” means—
- (a)
a person carrying on an employment agency or an employment business, or
- (b)
an educational institution which supplies to another person a student who is following a course at the institution, for the purpose of enabling the student to obtain experience of engaging in regulated F3... activity;
- (a)
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State;
“supervisory authority” must be construed in accordance with section 45(7);
“vulnerable adult” F4means any adult to whom an activity which is a regulated activity relating to vulnerable adults by virtue of any paragraph of paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 4 is provided.
A reference (however expressed) to a person being barred must be construed in accordance with section 3.
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Nothing in this Act affects any power to provide information that exists apart from this Act.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Definition in s. 60(1) inserted (E.W.) (10.9.2012 immediately after S.I. 2012/2157 comes into force) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), ss. 65(2)(a), 120 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(b)
- F2
Definition in s. 60(1) inserted (1.12.2012) by The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Disclosure and Barring Service Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/3006), arts. 1(1), 5 (with Pt. 4)
- F3
Words in s. 60(1) repealed (10.9.2012 immediately after S.I. 2012/2157 comes into force) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 70(2), Sch. 10 Pt. 5 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(aa)(bb)(iv)
- F4
Words in s. 60(1) substituted (E.W.) (10.9.2012 immediately after S.I. 2012/2157 comes into force) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), ss. 65(2)(b), 120 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(b)
- F5
S. 60(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. 70(3), Sch. 10 Pt. 5 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 2(aa)(bb)(iv)
Commencement
- I1
S. 60 in force at 31.3.2008 for specified purposes for N.I. by S.I. 2008/930, art. 2(b)
- I2
S. 60 in force at 12.10.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/2611, art. 2, Sch.
- I3
S. 60(1) in force at 31.12.2007 for specified purposes for E.W. by S.I. 2007/3545, art. 2(f)
- I4
S. 60(1)(4) in force at 11.2.2008 for specified purposes for E.W. by S.I. 2007/3545, art. 4(p)