{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-northern-ireland-order-2007/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-northern-ireland-order-2007/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/2007/1351",
  "legislation_title": "The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-northern-ireland-order-2007",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Barred persons",
  "text": "(1) A reference to a person being barred from regulated activity must be construed in accordance with this Article.\n(2) A person is barred from regulated activity relating to children if he is—\n(a) included in the children's barred list; or\n(b) included in a list maintained under the law of England and Wales or Scotland which the Secretary of State specifies by order as corresponding to the children's barred list.\n(3) A person is barred from regulated activity relating to vulnerable adults if he is—\n(a) included in the adults' barred list; or\n(b) included in a list maintained under the law of England and Wales or Scotland which the Secretary of State specifies by order as corresponding to the adults' barred list.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Art. 7 excluded (12.10.2009) by Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (2007 Order) (Commencement No. 5, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/346), arts. 5(6), 6(6), 7(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 7 wholly in operation; art. 7 not in operation at date of making see art. 1(3); art. 7(2)(b)(3)(b) in operation for certain purposes at 29.5.2008 by S.R. 2008/233, art. 5(a); art. 7 in operation at 12.10.2009 insofar as not already in operation by S.R. 2009/346, art. 3, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2007/1351/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:04.019457+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."
}