The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, Chapter 47, is an Act to make provision in connection with the protection of children and vulnerable adults. Section 12 states: (1) Schedule 6 (employment businesses: failure to check) has effect.(2) The Secretary of State may by order make ...
1 Page Open Document The safeguarding vulnerable groups act 2007 is an important piece of legislation in the residential home as the residents are older and may be suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s which would make them particularly vulnerable. This order provides arrangements for vetting which...
In the Tanzanian context, vulnerable groups are members of the social groups who are unable to cope with impoverishing forces due to their inherent characteristics such as economic, social-cultural, environmental, health, life cycle (social marginalisation), poor governance (limited access to assets...
While specific adaptation and mitigation responses should be tailored to local contexts, different geographies and groups may require emphasis on different types of enabling conditions. Specific combinations of governance features (e.g. stakeholder engagement, community participation, multi-level integration)...
Type-1 ('easy nukes') The first type is one where, as in the 'easy nukes' scenario, it becomes too easy for individuals or small groups to cause mass destruction: Type-1 vulnerability: There is some technology which is so destructive and so easy to use that, given the semi-anarchic ...
No. 7 in a Series of Regulatory Reports | 18 How We Got Here Four decades ago, Congress passes Clean Air Act, OSH Act EPA and OSHA write increasingly stringent rules Courts defer to agencies on health/science/economics Activist groups use "sue and settle" agreements to control EPA's ...
Introduction People from vulnerable groups have higher levels of untreated dental disease compared to the general population, yet often experience barriers to accessing care. Difficulties accessing oral healthcare services have been suggested as one of the pathways that contribute to oral health inequalitie...
Islands and small island groups are among the areas most affected by global climate change and face major adaptation challenges. Their role as hotspots of climate change impacts is widely recognized in the scientific literature, and it is not uncommon for small islands to act as poster children ...
The second source of vulnerability Mackenzie discusses is (more) context-specific and “focuses on the contingent susceptibility of particular persons or groups to specific kinds of harm or threat by others” (ibid.). Consequently, people are (particularly) vulnerable due to certain, e.g., person...
Experiencing substantial changes in soundscapes due to disruptions of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic was relatively adaptable for some people but painfully unacceptable for other people, especially physically, mentally, or socially disadvantaged persons (i.e., vulnerable groups). This talk ...