Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013

In this section – positive risk assessment means the determination by the Registrar following a risk assessment of a person that the Registrar is satisfied that the person poses no, or poses an acceptable, risk of harm to – any particular class of vulnerable persons; or all vulnerable persons generally.

If the Registrar makes a positive risk assessment of a person, the Registrar – is to register the person – in a category of registration; and either in the class of employee/volunteer or the class of volunteer; and is to notify the person, in writing, of the positive risk assessment and that the person has been so registered; and may notify any named employer, in writing, that the person has been registered.

The Registrar is to register the person – in the class of employee/volunteer if the person engages, or intends to engage, in any regulated activity that he or she is registered to engage in for financial or other material benefit or advantage, whether or not he or she also engages, or intends to engage, in any other such regulated activity as a volunteer; or in the class of volunteer if the person engages, or intends to engage, in the regulated activities he or she is registered to engage in only as a volunteer.

In and on registering a person, the Registrar is to comply with any relevant risk assessment order.