64 Restriction of scope of regulated activities: children

Part 5 Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups, Criminal Records etc

Chapter 1
Safeguarding of Vulnerable Groups

Restrictions on scope of regulation: England and Wales

64  Restriction of scope of regulated activities: children

(1)     Parts 1 and 3 of Schedule 4 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (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),”.

(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

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