{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2009/306",
  "legislation_title": "The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Prescribed Criteria and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "text": "(1) The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Prescribed Criteria and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).\n(2) In Part 1 of the table in paragraph 2 of the Schedule (prescribed criteria – automatic inclusion in the children’s barred list with the right to make representations) insert the following entries at the appropriate place—\n“\nTheft Act 1968, section 9(1)(a)\nThe offence was committed with intent to commit rape\n”\n“\nTheft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969, section 9\nThe offence was committed with intent to commit rape\n”\n(3) In Part 2 of the table in paragraph 2 of the Schedule omit “Theft Act 1968, section 9(1)(a)” and “Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969, section 9”.\n(4) In Part 1 of the table in paragraph 4 of the Schedule (prescribed criteria – automatic inclusion in the adults’ barred list with the right to make representations) insert the following entries at the appropriate place—\n“\nTheft Act 1968, section 9(1)(a)\nThe offence was committed with intent to commit rape\n”\n“\nTheft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969, section 9\nThe offence was committed with intent to commit rape\n”\n(5) In Part 2 of the table in paragraph 4 of the Schedule—\n(a) omit “Theft Act 1968, section 9(1)(a)” and “Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969, section 9”; and\n(b) insert the following entry at the appropriate place—\n“Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 1976, section 3”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 in operation at 12.10.2009, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2009 No. 39."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1968 c. 60. Section 9, in relation to intent to commit rape, was repealed by paragraph 17 of Schedule 6 to the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1969 c. 16. Section 9, in relation to intent to commit rape, was amended by the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1247) (N.I. 13)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1976 c. 67. Section 3 was repealed by Schedule 3 to the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 48)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/306/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:30:40.507232+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."
}