SCHEDULE 7 Safeguarding of Vulnerable Groups: Northern Ireland
Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (2012 c 9) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 7 Safeguarding of Vulnerable Groups: Northern Ireland

Section 78

Restriction of scope of regulated activities: children

1

(1)     Parts 1 and 3 of Schedule 2 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (SI 2007/1351 (NI 11)) (regulated activity relating to children and the period condition) are amended as follows.

(2)     In paragraph 1(1)(b) (frequency and period condition for regulated activity), at the beginning, insert “except in the case of activities falling within sub-paragraph (1A),â€.

(3)     After paragraph 1(1) insert—

“(1A)     The following activities fall within this sub-paragraph—

(a)     relevant personal care, and

(b)     health care provided by, or under the direction or supervision of, a health care professional.

(1B)     In this Part of this Schedule “relevant personal care†means—

(a)     physical assistance which is given to a child who is in need of it by reason of illness or disability and is given in connection with eating or drinking (including the administration of parenteral nutrition),

(b)     physical assistance which is given to a child who is in need of it by reason of age, illness or disability and is given in connection with—

(i)     toileting (including in relation to the process of menstruation),

(ii)     washing

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