{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/323",
  "legislation_title": "The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups\nMade 14th August 2012\nLaid before Parliament 17th August 2012\nComing into operation in accordance with regulation 1(2) and (3)\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 6(5), 37(1), 38(1), 39(2), 41(1) and (5), 44(2), 43(1), 47(1) and (5), 48(1) and (2) and 52A(1)(d) of, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 1, and paragraph 7(1)(f) and (g) of Schedule 2 to, the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2007/1351 (N.I. 11). Articles 37(1), 38(1) and 39(2) were amended by section 115(1) and (2) of, and paragraphs 75, 94, 95 and 96 of Schedule 9 and Part 5 of Schedule 10 to, the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012; Article 41(1) and (5) was amended by sections 78 and 115(2) of, and paragraph 14(3) of Schedule 7 and Part 5 of Schedule 10 to, the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012; Article 47(1) and (5) was amended by sections 78 and 115(2) of, and paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 7 and Part 5 of Schedule 10 to, the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012; Article 52A was inserted by section 91 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26) and amended by section 78 of, and paragraph 14 of Schedule 7 to, the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. There are other amendments but none relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/323/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}