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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-regulated-activity-transitional-provisions-and-commencement-no-4-order-northern-ireland-2009/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/304",
  "legislation_title": "Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Regulated Activity, Transitional Provisions and Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-regulated-activity-transitional-provisions-and-commencement-no-4-order-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n...\n...\n...\n“the 2003 Act” means the Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003;\n“the 2003 Order” means the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Northern Ireland) Order 2003;\n“the 2006 Act” means the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006;\n“the 2007 Order” means the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007;\n“the 2007 Regulations” means the Education (Prohibition from Teaching or Working with Children) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007;\n...\n...\n...\n...\n...",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2(1) omitted (10.9.2012) by virtue of The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/320), arts. 1, 4(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in operation at 12.10.2009, see art. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 asp 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/417 (N.I. 4). The 2003 Order is to be repealed by Schedule 8 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2006 c. 47."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.R. 2007 No. 288."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/304/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:30:42.051509+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."
}