This week we’re continuing our dive into the Irish National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 – 2016, having a look at section 31 and 32 that, collectively, deal with legacy vetting applications, and the fact that vetting may become a paid-for service in …Read More
Volunteer Recruitment – Building the Team
LOVING YOUR VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT PAPERWORKPolicies and procedures.Don’t you just love ‘em?!Well, of course, most people don’t!(And, being honest, most people don’t even read them). But, for my sins, I’m a lawyer, and here’s a confession: I’ve always actually thoroughly enjoyed reading and writing such documents. Why so? Because out …Read More
P.S. to Section 28 | Change of Name | Effective Service of Notices
In our essay last week we went on a whistle-stop tour of Section 28 of the Irish vetting legislation, the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 – 2016.This week we’re looking at 3 new areas:
(1) an important post-script to Section 28 …Read More
Whistle Stop 8-Part Tour of Section 28 Liability
This essay provides a whistle-stop 8-stop tour to the crux of the Irish vetting legislation: Section 28.Section 28 of the Irish vetting legislation is the section that criminalises the conduct of the senior management team in an organisation, where that team has allowed the …Read More
Prove It – Section 28 Liability And The Requirement For Proof
This week, we’re looking at how, for a Section 28 personal criminal liability to attach to a member of the senior management team, there’s requirement for there to be actual evidence that proves senior management consented to, connived with, or through their wilful neglect, allowed their …Read More
The Personality Test: Who’s Who in Section 28 Liability
This week, we’re looking at the ‘who’s who’ of section 28, to find out if a person’s role within a charity or organisation could place them in the crosshairs of the section 28 trigger.In our most recent essay, Part 6 of our current review of Section …Read More
Couldn’t Care Less – Wilful Neglect & Section 28 Liability
What happens when a charity or club is deliberately neglectful, or reckless, in executing on its vetting procedures? What is ‘wilful neglect’? How does it impact on volunteering? Find out here in Part 6 of our series on Section 28 liability under the Irish vetting legislation.In …Read More
Looking The Other Way – Connivance and Section 28 Liability
What is connivance? How does a court find that someone ‘connived’ in an offence? How is it relevant to charities and clubs? Learn how, in this, Part 5, of our review of Section 28 of the vetting legislation.In our most recent essay, Part 4 of our …Read More
Senior Management’s Consent Triggers Section 28 Liability
In our most recent essay, Part 3 of our current review of Section 28 – Liability for Offences by Bodies Corporate – National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 – 2016 – we looked at the basic requirement to check (1) that an offence …Read More
S.28 Liability – Did The Body Corporate Commit An Offence?
In this week’s essay we’re going to start by breaking section 28 into its constituent parts.Section 28 of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 – 2016 deals with the fall-out for senior management if a criminal offence is committed by the organisation …Read More
