The sponsor of the Bill, Mr Waters explained that Part B of the Child Protection Register, stipulated in the Act, was introduced to protect children from people who have been found unsuitable to work with them. At present the Act determines that such people include those convicted of murder, attempted murder, rape, indecent assault or assault with the intent to do grievous bodily harm with regards to a child. He also informed the Committee that the crime of "attempted rape" was inadvertently omitted from the Act and ought to have been added to the crimes listed in the Act that constitutes a disqualification when it comes to working with children.