Relevant Organisation

A relevant organisation means a person (including a body corporate or an unincorporated body of persons) who employs, enters into a contract for services or permits any person to undertake relevant work or activities, a necessary and regular part of which consists mainly of the person having access to, or contact with, children or vulnerable persons.

In order to ascertain if your organisation is a Relevant Organisation in accordance with the Act, you will need to satisfy one or more of the following criteria:

  1. employs (whether under contract of employment or otherwise) any person to undertake relevant work or activities,

  2. enters into a contract for services with any person for the provision by that person of services that constitute relevant work or activities,

  3. permits any person (whether or not for commercial or any other consideration) to undertake relevant work or activities on the person’s behalf,

  4. is a provider of courses of education or training, including internship schemes, for persons and, as part of such education or training or scheme, places or makes arrangements for the placement of any person in work experience or activities where a necessary part of the placement involves participation in relevant work or activities,

but does not include an individual who does any of the matters referred to in subparagraphs (i) to (iv) in the course of a private arrangement*,

  1. who carries on the business of an employment agency within the meaning of the Employment Agency Act 1971 for the employment of persons to undertake relevant work or activities,

  2. established by or under an enactment (other than the Companies Acts) whose functions include the regulation, registration, licensing or other authorisation (howsoever described) of persons who undertake relevant work or activities, or

  3. who represents for the purposes of the vetting procedures under this Act, another person, trade, profession or body, organisation or group or other body of persons that undertakes relevant work or activities;

*It should be noted that Private Arrangement means an arrangement made by an individual for the provision by any person of relevant work or activities-

  1. for, or for the benefit of, the individual, or

  2. for, or for the benefit of, a child or vulnerable person who is a member of the individual’s family;