{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-barring-procedure-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-barring-procedure-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2008/203",
  "legislation_title": "The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Barring Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-barring-procedure-regulations-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "The minimum barred period: persons subject to previous restrictions (adults’ barred list)",
  "text": "(1) In the case of any person who is included by DBS in the adults’ barred list pursuant to Article 5 of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008 (inclusion in the adults’ barred list: persons considered unsuitable to work with vulnerable adults) the minimum barred period is the period calculated in the manner set out in this regulation.\n(2) Where the person was under the age of 18 at the date of the most recent restriction decision, subtract from the period of 5 years the period starting on and including the date of that restriction decision and ending on the date on which he is included by DBS in the adults’ barred list.\n(3) Where the person had reached the age of 18 at the date of the most recent restriction decision, subtract from the period of 10 years the period starting on and including the date of that restriction decision and ending on the date on which he is included by DBS in the adults’ barred list.\n(4) In paragraphs (2) and (3), restriction decision means a decision of—\n(a) the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety—\n(i) to include the person in the list kept under Article 35 of the 2003 Order, or\n(ii) not to remove the person from that list;\n(b) the Care Tribunal not to direct the person’s removal from that list.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in regs. 3-12 substituted (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), 13(1)(3)(e) (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 9 in operation at 16.6.2008, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/203/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:36:25.805570+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."
}