Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

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Rehabilitated persons and spent convictions

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(1) Subject to subsection (2) subsections (2), (5) and (6) below, where an individual has been convicted, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, of any offence or offences, and the following conditions are satisfied, that is to say—

(a) he did not have imposed on him in respect of that conviction a sentence which is excluded from rehabilitation under this Act; and

(b) he has not had imposed on him in respect of a subsequent conviction during the rehabilitation period applicable to the first-mentioned conviction in accordance with section 6 below a sentence which is excluded from rehabilitation under this Act;

then, after the end of the rehabilitation period so applicable (including, where appropriate, any extension under section 6(4) below of the period originally applicable to the first-mentioned conviction) or, where that rehabilitation period ended before the commencement of this Act, after the commencement of this Act, that individual shall for the purposes of this Act be treated as a rehabilitated person in respect of the first-mentioned conviction and that conviction shall for those purposes be treated as spent.

(2) A person shall not become a rehabilitated person for the purposes of this Act in respect of a conviction unless he has served or otherwise undergone or complied with any sentence imposed on him in respect of that conviction; but the following shall not, by virtue of this subsection, prevent a person from becoming a rehabilitated person for those purposes—

(a) failure to pay a fine or other sum adjudged to be paid by or imposed on a conviction, or breach of a condition of a recognizance or of a bond of caution to keep the peace or be of good behaviour;

(b) breach of any condition or requirement applicable in relation to a sentence which renders the person to whom it applies liable to be dealt with for the offence for which the sentence was imposed, or, where the sentence was a suspended sentence of imprisonment, liable to be dealt with in respect of that sentence (whether or not, in any case, he is in fact so dealt with);

(2A) Where in respect of a conviction a person has been sentenced to imprisonment with an order under s. 47(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977, he is to be treated for the purposes of subsection (2) above as having served the sentence as soon as he completes service of so much of the sentence as was by that order required to be served in prison.

(2B) In subsection (2)(a) above the reference to a fine or other sum adjudged to be paid by or imposed on a conviction does not include a reference to an amount payable under a confiscation order made under Part 2 or 3 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

(3) In this Act “sentence” includes any order made by a court in dealing with a person in respect of his conviction of any offence or offences, other than—

(za) a surcharge imposed under section 161A of the Criminal Justice Act 2003;

(a) an order for committal or any other order made in default of payment of any fine or other sum adjudged to be paid by or imposed on a conviction, or for want of sufficient distress to satisfy any such fine or other sum;

(b) an order dealing with a person in respect of a suspended sentence of imprisonment.

(3A) In subsection (3)(a), the reference to want of sufficient distress to satisfy a fine or other sum includes a reference to circumstances where—

(a) there is power to use the procedure in Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 to recover the fine or other sum from a person, but

(b) it appears, after an attempt has been made to exercise the power, that the person's goods are insufficient to pay the amount outstanding (as defined by paragraph 50(3) of that Schedule).

(4) In this Act, references to a conviction, however expressed, include references—

(a) to a conviction by or before a court outside England and Wales Scotland; and

(b) to any finding (other than a finding linked with a finding of insanity or, as the case may be, a finding that a person is not criminally responsible under section 51A of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.46)) in any criminal proceedings . . . that a person has committed an offence or done the act or made the omission charged;

and notwithstanding anything in section 247 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.46) or section 14 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 or section 187 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 a conviction in respect of which an order is made discharging the person concerned absolutely or conditionally shall be treated as a conviction for the purposes of this Act and the person in question may become a rehabilitated person in respect of that conviction and the conviction a spent conviction for those purposes accordingly.

(5) This Act does not apply to any disregarded conviction or caution within the meaning of Chapter 4 of Part 5 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.

(6) Accordingly, references in this Act to a conviction or caution do not include references to any such disregarded conviction or caution.

Rehabilitation of persons dealt with in service disciplinary proceedings

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(1) . . . For the purposes of this Act any finding that a person is guilty of an offence in respect of any act or omission which was the subject of service disciplinary proceedings shall be treated as a conviction and any punishment awarded or order made by virtue of Schedule 5A to the Army Act 1955 or to the Air Force Act 1955 or Schedule 4A to the Naval Discipline Act 1957 in respect of any such finding shall be treated as a sentence.

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(5) In this Act, “service disciplinary proceedings” means any of the following—

(za) any proceedings (whether or not before a court) in respect of a service offence within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (except proceedings before a civilian court within the meaning of that Act);

(a) any proceedings under the Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act 1955, or the Naval Discipline Act 1957 whether before a court-martial or before any other court or person authorised thereunder to award a punishment in respect of any offence);

(b) any proceedings under any Act previously in force corresponding to any of the Acts mentioned in paragraph (a) above;

(bb) any proceedings before a Standing Civilian Court established under the Armed Forces Act 1976;

(c) any proceedings under any corresponding enactment or law applying to a force, other than a home force, to which section 4 of the Visiting Forces (British Commonwealth) Act 1933 applies or applied at the time of the proceedings, being proceedings in respect of a member of a home force who is or was at that time attached to the first-mentioned force under that section;

whether in any event those proceedings take place in England and Wales Scotland or elsewhere.

(6) Section 376(1) to (3) of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (“conviction” and “sentence” in relation to summary hearings and the SAC) apply for the purposes of this Act as they apply for the purposes of that Act.

Special provision with respect to certain disposals by children's hearings under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968

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Where a ground for the referral of a child’s case to a children’s hearing under the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 is that mentioned in section 52(2)(i) of that Act (commission by the child of an offence) and that ground has either been accepted by the child and, where necessary, by his parent or been established (or deemed established) to the satisfaction of the sheriff under section 68 or 85 of that Act, the acceptance, establishment (or deemed establishment) of that ground shall be treated for the purposes of this Act (but not otherwise) as a conviction, and any disposal of the case thereafter by a children’s hearing shall be treated for those purposes as a sentence; and references in this Act to a person’s being charged with or prosecuted for an offence shall be construed accordingly.

Effect of rehabilitation

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(1) Subject to sections 7 and 8 below, a person who has become a rehabilitated person for the purposes of this Act in respect of a conviction shall be treated for all purposes in law as a person who has not committed or been charged with or prosecuted for or convicted of or sentenced for the offence or offences which were the subject of that conviction; and, notwithstanding the provisions of any other enactment or rule of law to the contrary, but subject as aforesaid—

(a) no evidence shall be admissible in any proceedings before a judicial authority exercising its jurisdiction or functions in England and Wales Scotland to prove that any such person has committed or been charged with or prosecuted for or convicted of or sentenced for any offence which was the subject of a spent conviction; and

(b) a person shall not, in any such proceedings, be asked, and, if asked, shall not be required to answer, any question relating to his past which cannot be answered without acknowledging or referring to a spent conviction or spent convictions or any circumstances ancillary thereto.

(2) Subject to the provisions of any order made under subsection (4) below, where a question seeking information with respect to a person’s previous convictions, offences, conduct or circumstances is put to him or to any other person otherwise than in proceedings before a judicial authority—

(a) the question shall be treated as not relating to spent convictions or to any circumstances ancillary to spent convictions, and the answer thereto may be framed accordingly; and

(b) the person questioned shall not be subjected to any liability or otherwise prejudiced in law by reason of any failure to acknowledge or disclose a spent conviction or any circumstances ancillary to a spent conviction in his answer to the question.

(3) Subject to the provisions of any order made under subsection (4) below,—

(a) any obligation imposed on any person by any rule of law or by the provisions of any agreement or arrangement to disclose any matters to any other person shall not extend to requiring him to disclose a spent conviction or any circumstances ancillary to a spent conviction (whether the conviction is his own or another’s); and

(b) a conviction which has become spent or any circumstances ancillary thereto, or any failure to disclose a spent conviction or any such circumstances, shall not be a proper ground for dismissing or excluding a person from any office, profession, occupation or employment, or for prejudicing him in any way in any occupation or employment.

(4) The Secretary of State may by order—

(a) make such provision as seems to him appropriate for excluding or modifying the application of either or both of paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) above in relation to questions put in such circumstances as may be specified in the order;

(b) provide for such exceptions from the provisions of subsection (3) above as seem to him appropriate, in such cases or classes of case, and in relation to convictions of such a description, as may be specified in the order.

(5) For the purposes of this section and section 7 below any of the following are circumstances ancillary to a conviction, that is to say—

(a) the offence or offences which were the subject of that conviction;

(b) the conduct constituting that offence or those offences; and

(c) any process or proceedings preliminary to that conviction, any sentence imposed in respect of that conviction, any proceedings (whether by way of appeal or otherwise) for reviewing that conviction or any such sentence, and anything done in pursuance of or undergone in compliance with any such sentence.

(6) For the purposes of this section and section 7 below “proceedings before a judicial authority” includes, in addition to proceedings before any of the ordinary courts of law, proceedings before any tribunal, body or person having power—

(a) by virtue of any enactment, law, custom or practice;

(b) under the rules governing any association, institution, profession, occupation or employment; or

to determine any question affecting the rights, privileges, obligations or liabilities of any person, or to receive evidence affecting the determination of any such question.

Rehabilitation periods for particular sentences

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(1) The sentences excluded from rehabilitation under this Act are—

(a) a sentence of imprisonment for life;

(b) a sentence of imprisonment youth custody detention in a young offender institution or corrective training for a term exceeding forty eight months;

(d) a sentence of detention during Her Majesty’s pleasure or for life under section 90 or 91 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 or under section 209 or 218 of the Armed Forces Act 2006, or under section 205(2) or (3) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975, or a sentence of detention for a term exceeding forty eight months passed under section 91 of the said Act of 2000 (young offenders convicted of grave crimes) or section 209 of the said Act of 2006 or under section 206 of the said Act of 1975 (detention of children convicted on indictment) . . . and

(e) a sentence of custody for life; and

(f) a sentence of imprisonment for public protection under section 225 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, a sentence of detention for public protection under section 226 of that Act or an extended sentence under section 226A, 226B, 227 or 228 of that Act (including any sentence within this paragraph passed as a result of any of sections 219 to 222 of the Armed Forces Act 2006)

and any other sentence is a sentence subject to rehabilitation under this Act.

(1A) In this section—

(a) references to section 209 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 include references to section 71A(4) of the Army Act 1955 or Air Force Act 1955 or section 43A(4) of the Naval Discipline Act 1957;

(b) the reference to section 218 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 includes a reference to section 71A(3) of the Army Act 1955 or Air Force Act 1955 or section 43A(3) of the Naval Discipline Act 1957.

(2) For the purposes of this Act and subject to subsections (3) and (4), the rehabilitation period for a sentence is the period—

(a) beginning with the date of the conviction in respect of which the sentence is imposed, and

(b) ending at the time listed in the following Table in relation to that sentence:

Sentence	End of rehabilitation period for adult offenders	End of rehabilitation period for offenders under 18 at date of conviction
A custodial sentence of more than 30 months and up to, or consisting of, 48 months	The end of the period of 7 years beginning with the day on which the sentence (including any licence period) is completed	The end of the period of 42 months beginning with the day on which the sentence (including any licence period) is completed
A custodial sentence of more than 6 months and up to, or consisting of, 30 months	The end of the period of 48 months beginning with the day on which the sentence (including any licence period) is completed	The end of the period of 24 months beginning with the day on which the sentence (including any licence period) is completed
A custodial sentence of 6 months or less	The end of the period of 24 months beginning with the day on which the sentence (including any licence period) is completed	The end of the period of 18 months beginning with the day on which the sentence (including any licence period) is completed
Removal from Her Majesty's service	The end of the period of 12 months beginning with the date of the conviction in respect of which the sentence is imposed	The end of the period of 6 months beginning with the date of the conviction in respect of which the sentence is imposed
A sentence of service detention	The end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which the sentence is completed	The end of the period of 6 months beginning with the day on which the sentence is completed
A fine	The end of the period of 12 months beginning with the date of the conviction in respect of which the sentence is imposed	The end of the period of 6 months beginning with the date of the conviction in respect of which the sentence is imposed
A compensation order	The date on which the payment is made in full	The date on which the payment is made in full
A community or youth rehabilitation order	The end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day provided for by or under the order as the last day on which the order is to have effect	The end of the period of 6 months beginning with the day provided for by or under the order as the last day on which the order is to have effect
A relevant order	The day provided for by or under the order as the last day on which the order is to have effect	The day provided for by or under the order as the last day on which the order is to have effect

(3) Where no provision is made by or under a community or youth rehabilitation order or a relevant order for the last day on which the order is to have effect, the rehabilitation period for the order is to be the period of 24 months beginning with the date of conviction.

(4) There is no rehabilitation period for—

(a) an order discharging a person absolutely for an offence, or

(b) any other sentence in respect of a conviction where the sentence is not dealt with in the Table or under subsection (3),

and, in such cases, references in this Act to any rehabilitation period are to be read as if the period of time were nil.

(5) See also—

(a) section 8AA (protection afforded to spent alternatives to prosecution), and

(b) Schedule 2 (protection for spent cautions).

(6) The Secretary of State may by order amend column 2 or 3 of the Table or the number of months for the time being specified in subsection (3).

(7) For the purposes of this section—

(a) consecutive terms of imprisonment or other custodial sentences are to be treated as a single term,

(b) terms of imprisonment or other custodial sentences which are wholly or partly concurrent (that is terms of imprisonment or other custodial sentences imposed in respect of offences of which a person was convicted in the same proceedings) are to be treated as a single term,

(c) no account is to be taken of any subsequent variation, made by a court dealing with a person in respect of a suspended sentence of imprisonment, of the term originally imposed,

(d) no account is to be taken of any subsequent variation of the day originally provided for by or under an order as the last day on which the order is to have effect,

(e) no account is to be taken of any detention or supervision ordered by a court under section 104(3) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000,

(f) a sentence imposed by a court outside England and Wales is to be treated as the sentence mentioned in this section to which it most closely corresponds.

(8) In this section—

“community or youth rehabilitation order” means—a community order under section 177 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003,a service community order or overseas community order under the Armed Forces Act 2006,a youth rehabilitation order under Part 1 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, orany order of a kind superseded (whether directly or indirectly) by an order mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c),

“custodial sentence” means—a sentence of imprisonment,a sentence of detention in a young offender institution,a sentence of Borstal training,a sentence of youth custody,a sentence of corrective training,a sentence of detention under section 91 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 or section 209 of the Armed Forces Act 2006,a detention and training order under section 100 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 or an order under section 211 of the Armed Forces Act 2006,any sentence of a kind superseded (whether directly or indirectly) by a sentence mentioned in paragraph (f) or (g),

“earlier statutory order” means—an order under section 54 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 committing the person convicted to custody in a remand home,an approved school order under section 57 of that Act, orany order of a kind superseded (whether directly or indirectly) by an order mentioned in any of paragraphs (c) to (e) of the definition of “relevant order” or in paragraph (a) or (b) above,

“relevant order” means—an order discharging a person conditionally for an offence,an order binding a person over to keep the peace or be of good behaviour,an order under section 1(2A) of the Street Offences Act 1959,a hospital order under Part 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (with or without a restriction order),a referral order under section 16 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000,an earlier statutory order, orany order which imposes a disqualification, disability, prohibition or other penalty and is not otherwise dealt with in the Table or under subsection (3),but does not include a reparation order under section 73 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000,

“removal from Her Majesty's service” means a sentence of dismissal with disgrace from Her Majesty's service, a sentence of dismissal from Her Majesty's service or a sentence of cashiering or discharge with ignominy,

“sentence of imprisonment” includes a sentence of penal servitude (and “term of imprisonment” is to be read accordingly),

“sentence of service detention” means—a sentence of service detention (within the meaning given by section 374 of the Armed Forces Act 2006), or a sentence of detention corresponding to such a sentence, in respect of a conviction in service disciplinary proceedings, orany sentence of a kind superseded (whether directly or indirectly) by a sentence mentioned in paragraph (a).

The rehabilitation period applicable to a conviction

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(1) Where only one sentence is imposed in respect of a conviction (not being a sentence excluded from rehabilitation under this Act) the rehabilitation period applicable to the conviction is, subject to the following provisions of this section, the period applicable to the sentence in accordance with section 5 above.

(2) Where more than one sentence is imposed in respect of a conviction (whether or not in the same proceedings) and none of the sentences imposed is excluded from rehabilitation under this Act, then, subject to the following provisions of this section, if the periods applicable to those sentences in accordance with section 5 above differ, the rehabilitation period applicable to the conviction shall be the longer or the longest (as the case may be) of those periods.

(3) Without prejudice to subsection (2) above, where in respect of a conviction a person was conditionally discharged or a probation order was made and after the end of the rehabilitation period applicable to the conviction in accordance with subsection (1) or (2) above he is dealt with, in consequence of a breach of conditional discharge or a breach of the order, for the offence for which the order for conditional discharge or probation order was made was made, then, if the rehabilitation period applicable to the conviction in accordance with subsection (2) above (taking into account any sentence imposed when he is so dealt with) ends later than the rehabilitation period previously applicable to the conviction, he shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as not having become a rehabilitated person in respect of that conviction, and the conviction shall for those purposes be treated as not having become spent, in relation to any period falling before the end of the new rehabilitation period.

(3A) Without prejudice to subsection (2), where—

(a) an order is made under section 1(2A) of the Street Offences Act 1959 in respect of a conviction,

(b) after the end of the rehabilitation period applicable to the conviction the offender is dealt with again for the offence for which that order was made, and

(c) the rehabilitation period applicable to the conviction in accordance with subsection (2) (taking into account any sentence imposed when so dealing with the offender) ends later than the rehabilitation period previously applicable to the conviction,

the offender shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as not having become a rehabilitated person in respect of that conviction, and that conviction shall for those purposes be treated as not having become spent, in relation to any period falling before the end of the new rehabilitation period.

(4) Subject to subsection (5) below, where during the rehabilitation period applicable to a conviction—

(a) the person convicted is convicted of a further offence; and

(b) no sentence excluded from rehabilitation under this Act is imposed on him in respect of the later conviction;

if the rehabilitation period applicable in accordance with this section to either of the convictions would end earlier than the period so applicable in relation to the other, the rehabilitation period which would (apart from this subsection) end the earlier shall be extended so as to end at the same time as the other rehabilitation period.

(5) Where the rehabilitation period applicable to a conviction is the rehabilitation period applicable in accordance with section 5(8) above by virtue of paragraph (g) of the definition of “relevant order” in section 5(8) above to an order imposing on a person any disqualification, disability, prohibition or other penalty, the rehabilitation period applicable to another conviction shall not by virtue of subsection (4) above be extended by reference to that period; but if any other sentence is imposed in respect of the first-mentioned conviction for which a rehabilitation period is prescribed by any other provision of section 5 above, the rehabilitation period applicable to another conviction shall, where appropriate, be extended under subsection (4) above by reference to the rehabilitation period applicable in accordance with that section to that sentence or, where more than one such sentence is imposed, by reference to the longer or longest of the periods so applicable to those sentences, as if the period in question were the rehabilitation period applicable to the first-mentioned conviction.

(6) . . .for the purposes of subsection (4)(a) above there shall be disregarded—

(a) any conviction in England and Wales of a summary offence or of a scheduled offence (within the meaning of section 22 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980) tried summarily in pursuance of subsection (2) of that section (summary trial where value involved is small);

(b) any conviction in Scotland of an offence which is not excluded from the jurisdiction of inferior courts of summary jurisdiction by virtue of section 4 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1954 (certain crimes not to be tried in inferior courts of summary jurisdiction); and

(bb) any conviction in service disciplinary proceedings for an offence listed in Schedule 1;

(c) any conviction by or before a court outside Great Britain of an offence in respect of conduct which, if it had taken place in any part of Great Britain, would not have constituted an offence under the law in force in that part of Great Britain.

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Limitations on rehabilitation under this Act, etc.

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(1) Nothing in section 4(1) above shall affect—

(a) any right of Her Majesty, by virtue of Her Royal prerogative or otherwise, to grant a free pardon, to quash any conviction or sentence, or to commute any sentence;

(b) the enforcement by any process or proceedings of any fine or other sum adjudged to be paid by or imposed on a spent conviction;

(c) the issue of any process for the purpose of proceedings in respect of any breach of a condition or requirement applicable to a sentence imposed in respect of a spent conviction; or

(d) the operation of any enactment by virtue of which, in consequence of any conviction, a person is subject, otherwise than by way of sentence, to any disqualification, disability, prohibition or other penalty the period of which extends beyond the rehabilitation period applicable in accordance with section 6 above to the conviction.

(2) Nothing in section 4(1) above shall affect the determination of any issue, or prevent the admission or requirement of any evidence, relating to a person’s previous convictions or to circumstances ancillary thereto—

(a) in any criminal proceedings before a court in England and Wales (including any appeal or reference in a criminal matter);

(b) in any service disciplinary proceedings or in any proceedings on appeal from any service disciplinary proceedings;

(bb) in any proceedings under Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, or on appeal from any such proceedings;

(c) in any proceedings relating to adoption, the marriage of any minor, or the formation of a civil partnership by any minor, the exercise of the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court with respect to minors or the provision by any person of accommodation, care or schooling for minors;

(d) in any proceedings relating to the variation or discharge of a youth rehabilitation order under Part 1 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, or on appeal from any such proceedings;

(cc) in any proceedings brought under the Children Act 1989;

(e) in any proceedings before a children’s hearing under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 or on appeal from any such hearing; or

(f) in any proceedings in which he is a party or a witness, provided that, on the occasion when the issue or the admission or requirement of the evidence falls to be determined, he consents to the determination of the issue or, as the case may be, the admission or requirement of the evidence notwithstanding the provisions of section 4(1).

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(h) in any proceedings brought under Part 7 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (criminal memoirs etc).

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(3) If at any stage in any proceedings before a judicial authority in England and Wales (not being proceedings to which, by virtue of any of paragraphs (a) to (e) of subsection (2) above or of any order for the time being in force under subsection (4) below, section 4(1) above has no application, or proceedings to which section 8 below applies) the authority is satisfied, in the light of any considerations which appear to it to be relevant (including any evidence which has been or may thereafter be put before it), that justice cannot be done in the case except by admitting or requiring evidence relating to a person’s spent convictions or to circumstances ancillary thereto, that authority may admit or, as the case may be, require the evidence in question notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of section 4 above, and may determine any issue to which the evidence relates in disregard, so far as necessary, of those provisions.

(4) The Secretary of State may by order exclude the application of section 4(1) above in relation to any proceedings specified in the order (other than proceedings to which section 8 below applies) to such extent and for such purposes as may be so specified.

(5) No order made by a court with respect to any person otherwise than on a conviction shall be included in any list or statement of that person’s previous convictions given or made to any court which is considering how to deal with him in respect of any offence.

Defamation actions

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(1) This section applies to any action for libel or slander begun after the commencement of this Act by a rehabilitated person and founded upon the publication of any matter imputing that the plaintiff has committed or been charged with or prosecuted for or convicted of or sentenced for an offence which was the subject of a spent conviction.

(2) Nothing in section 4(1) above shall affect an action to which this section applies where the publication complained of took place before the conviction in question became spent, and the following provisions of this section shall not apply in any such case.

(3) Subject to subsections (5) and (6) below, nothing in section 4(1) above shall prevent the defendant in an action to which this section applies from relying on any defence of justification or fair comment orunder section 2 or 3 of the Defamation Act 2013 which is available to him or any defence of absolute or qualified privilege which is available to him, or restrict the matters he may establish in support of any such defence.

(4) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3) above, where in any such action malice is alleged against a defendant who is relying on a defence of qualified privilege, nothing in section 4(1) above shall restrict the matters he may establish in rebuttal of the allegation.

(5) A defendant in any such action shall not by virtue of subsection (3) above be entitled to rely upon the defence of justificationa defence under section 2 of the Defamation Act 2013 if the publication is proved to have been made with malice.

(6) Subject to subsection (7) below a defendant in any such action shall not, by virtue of subsection (3) above, be entitled to rely on any matter or adduce or require any evidence for the purpose of establishing (whether under section 14 of the Defamation Act 1996 or otherwise) the defence that the matter published constituted a fair and accurate report of judicial proceedings if it is proved that the publication contained a reference to evidence which was ruled to be inadmissible in the proceedings by virtue of section 4(1) above.

(7) Subsection (3) above shall apply without the qualifications imposed by subsection (6) above in relation to—

(a) any report of judicial proceedings contained in any bona fide series of law reports which does not form part of any other publication and consists solely of reports of proceedings in courts of law, and

(b) any report or account of judicial proceedings published for bona fide educational, scientific or professional purposes, or given in the course of any lecture, class or discussion given or held for any of those purposes.

(8) In the application of this section to Scotland—

(a) for the reference in subsection (1) to libel and slander there shall be substituted a reference to defamation;

(b) for references to the plaintiff and the defendant there shall be substituted respectively references to the pursuer and the defender; and

Unauthorized disclosure of spent convictions

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(1) In this section—

“official record” means a record kept for the purposes of its functions by any court, police force, Government department, local or other public authority in Great Britain, or a record kept, in Great Britain or elsewhere, for the purposes of any of Her Majesty’s forces, being in either case a record containing information about persons convicted of offences; and

“specified information” means information imputing that a named or otherwise identifiable rehabilitated living person has committed or been charged with or prosecuted for or convicted of or sentenced for any offence which is the subject of a spent conviction.

(2) Subject to the provisions of any order made under subsection (5) below, any person who, in the course of his official duties, has or at any time has had custody of or access to any official record or the information contained therein, shall be guilty of an offence if, knowing or having reasonable cause to suspect that any specified information he has obtained in the course of those duties is specified information, he discloses it, otherwise than in the course of those duties, to another person.

(3) In any proceedings for an offence under subsection (2) above it shall be a defence for the defendant ...accused person to show that the disclosure was made—

(a) to the rehabilitated person or to another person at the express request of the rehabilitated person; or

(b) to a person whom he reasonably believed to be the rehabilitated person or to another person at the express request of a person whom he reasonably believed to be the rehabilitated person.

(4) Any person who obtains any specified information from any official record by means of any fraud, dishonesty or bribe shall be guilty of an offence.

(5) The Secretary of State may by order make such provision as appears to him to be appropriate for excepting the disclosure of specified information derived from an official record from the provisions of subsection (2) above in such cases or classes of case as may be specified in the order.

(6) Any person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

(7) Any person guilty of an offence under subsection (4) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both.

(8) Proceedings for an offence under subsection (2) above shall not , in England and Wales, be instituted except by or on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Orders

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(1) Any power of the Secretary of State to make an order under any provision of this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument, and an order made under any provision of this Act except section 11 below may be varied or revoked by a subsequent order made under that provision.

(1A) Any power of the Secretary of State to make an order under any provision of this Act includes power—

(a) to make different provision for different purposes, and

(b) to make incidental, consequential, supplementary, transitional, transitory or saving provision.

(1B) The power of the Secretary of State to make an order under section 5(6) includes power to make consequential provision which amends or repeals any provision of this Act or any other enactment.

(2) No order shall be made by the Secretary of State under any provision of this Act other than section 11 below unless a draft of it has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament.

Citation, commencement and extent

11

(1) This Act may be cited as the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

(2) This Act shall come into force on 1st July 1975 or such earlier day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.

(3) This Act shall not apply to Northern Ireland.

Rehabilitated persons and spent convictions.

8A

(1) Schedule 2 to this Act (protection for spent cautions) shall have effect.

(2) In this Act “ caution ” means—

(a) a conditional caution, that is to say, a caution given under section 22 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) (conditional cautions for adults) or under section 66A of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) (conditional cautions for children and young persons);

(b) any other caution given to a person in England and Wales in respect of an offence which, at the time the caution is given, that person has admitted;

(d) anything corresponding to a caution ... falling within paragraph (a) or (b) (however described) which is given to a person in respect of an offence under the law of a country outside England and Wales and which is not an alternative to prosecution (within the meaning of section 8AA).

Protection afforded to spent alternatives to prosecution: Scotland

8B

(1) For the purposes of this Act, a person has been given an alternative to prosecution in respect of an offence if the person (whether before or after the commencement of this section)—

(a) has been given a warning in respect of the offence by—

(i) a constable in Scotland, or

(ii) a procurator fiscal,

(b) has accepted, or is deemed to have accepted—

(i) a conditional offer issued in respect of the offence under section 302 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.46), or

(ii) a compensation offer issued in respect of the offence under section 302A of that Act,

(ca) has, under subsection (5) of section 20A of the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 6), given notice of intention to comply with a restoration notice given under subsection (4) of that section,

(d) has been given a fixed penalty notice in respect of the offence under section 129 of the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 8),

(e) has accepted an offer made by a procurator fiscal in respect of the offence to undertake an activity or treatment or to receive services or do any other thing as an alternative to prosecution, or

(f) in respect of an offence under the law of a country or territory outside Scotland, has been given, or has accepted or is deemed to have accepted, anything corresponding to a warning, offer, order or notice falling within paragraphs (a) to (e) under the law of that country or territory.

(2) In this Act, references to an “alternative to prosecution” are to be read in accordance with subsection (1).

(3) Schedule 3 to this Act (protection for spent alternatives to prosecution: Scotland) has effect.

9A

(1) In this section—

(a) “ official record ” means a record which—

(i) contains information about persons given a caution for any offence or offences; and

(ii) is kept for the purposes of its functions by any court, police force, Government department or other public authority in England and Wales;

(b) “ caution information ” means information imputing that a named or otherwise identifiable living person (“the named person”) has committed, been charged with or prosecuted or cautioned for any offence which is the subject of a spent caution; and

(c) “ relevant person ” means any person who, in the course of his official duties (anywhere in the United Kingdom), has or at any time has had custody of or access to any official record or the information contained in it.

(2) Subject to the terms of any order made under subsection (5), a relevant person shall be guilty of an offence if, knowing or having reasonable cause to suspect that any caution information he has obtained in the course of his official duties is caution information, he discloses it, otherwise than in the course of those duties, to another person.

(3) In any proceedings for an offence under subsection (2) it shall be a defence for the defendant to show that the disclosure was made—

(a) to the named person or to another person at the express request of the named person;

(b) to a person whom he reasonably believed to be the named person or to another person at the express request of a person whom he reasonably believed to be the named person.

(4) Any person who obtains any caution information from any official record by means of any fraud, dishonesty or bribe shall be guilty of an offence.

(5) The Secretary of State may by order make such provision as appears to him to be appropriate for excepting the disclosure of caution information derived from an official record from the provisions of subsection (2) in such cases or classes of case as may be specified in the order.

(6) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

(7) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (4) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks, or to both.

(8) Proceedings for an offence under subsection (2) shall not be instituted except by or on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Unauthorised disclosure of spent alternatives to prosecution: Scotland

9B

(1) In this section—

(a) “official record” means a record that—

(i) contains information about persons given an alternative to prosecution in respect of an offence, and

(ii) is kept for the purposes of its functions by a court, the Police Service of Scotland or another police force, Government department, part of the Scottish Administration or other local or public authority in Scotland,

(b) “relevant information” means information imputing that a named or otherwise identifiable living person has committed, been charged with, prosecuted for or given an alternative to prosecution in respect of an offence which is the subject of an alternative to prosecution which has become spent,

(c) “subject of the information”, in relation to relevant information, means the named or otherwise identifiable living person to whom the information relates.

(2) Subsection (3) applies to a person who, in the course of the person's official duties (anywhere in the United Kingdom), has or has had custody of or access to an official record or the information contained in an official record.

(3) The person commits an offence if the person—

(a) obtains relevant information in the course of the person's official duties,

(b) knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that the information is relevant information, and

(4) Subsection (3) is subject to the terms of an order under subsection (6).

(5) In proceedings for an offence under subsection (3), it is a defence for the accused to show that the disclosure was made—

(a) to the subject of the information or to a person whom the accused reasonably believed to be the subject of the information, or

(b) to another person at the express request of the subject of the information or of a person whom the accused reasonably believed to be the subject of the information.

(6) The Scottish Ministers may by order provide for the disclosure of relevant information derived from an official record to be excepted from the provisions of subsection (3) in cases or classes of cases specified in the order.

(7) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (3) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

(8) A person commits an offence if the person obtains relevant information from an official record by means of fraud, dishonesty or bribery.

(9) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (8) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to both.

Schedule

1

Any conviction for an offence mentioned in this Schedule is a conviction referred to in section 6(6)(bb) of this Act (convictions to be disregarded for the purposes of extending a period of rehabilitation following subsequent conviction).

Provisions of the Army Act 1955 and the Air Force Act 1955

2

Any offence under any of the provisions of the Army Act 1955 or the Air Force Act 1955 listed in the first column of the following table:—

3

Any offence under section 68 (attempt to commit military offence) or 68A (aiding and abetting etc. , and inciting, military offence) of the Army Act 1955 in relation to an offence under any of the provisions of that Act listed in paragraph 2.

4

Any offence under section 68 (attempt to commit air-force offence) or 68A (aiding and abetting etc. , and inciting, air-force offence) of the Air Force Act 1955 in relation to an offence under any of the provisions of that Act listed in paragraph 2.

Provisions of the Naval Discipline Act 1957

5

Any offence under any of the provisions of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 listed in the first column of the following table:—

6

Any offence under section 40 (attempt to commit naval offence) or 41 (aiding and abetting etc. , and inciting, naval offence) of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 in relation to an offence under any of the provisions of that Act listed in paragraph 5.

Provisions of the Armed Forces Act 2006

7

Any service offence within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006 except one punishable in the case of an offender aged 18 or over with imprisonment for more than two years.

SCHEDULE 2

Preliminary

1

(1) For the purposes of this Schedule a caution shall be regarded as a spent caution—

(a) in the case of a conditional caution (as defined in section 8A(2)(a)) —

(i) at the end of the period of three months from the date on which the caution is given, or

(ii) if earlier, when the caution ceases to have effect; and

(b) in any other case, at the time the caution is given.

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2

(1) In this Schedule “ancillary circumstances”, in relation to a caution, means any circumstances of the following—

(a) the offence which was the subject of the caution or the conduct constituting that offence;

(b) any process preliminary to the caution (including consideration by any person of how to deal with that offence and the procedure for giving the caution);

(c) any proceedings for that offence which take place before the caution is given (including anything which happens after that time for the purpose of bringing the proceedings to an end);

(d) any judicial review proceedings relating to the caution;

(e) in the case of a youth caution given under section 66ZA of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37), anything done in pursuance of or undergone in compliance with a requirement to participate in a rehabilitation programme under section 66ZB(2) or (3) of that Act;

(f) in the case of a conditional caution, any conditions attached to the caution or anything done in pursuance of or undergone in compliance with those conditions.

(2) Where the caution relates to two or more offences, references in sub-paragraph (1) to the offence which was the subject of the caution include a reference to each of the offences concerned.

(3) In this Schedule “proceedings before a judicial authority” has the same meaning as in section 4.

Protection relating to spent cautions and ancillary circumstances

3

(1) A person who is given a caution for an offence shall, from the time the caution is spent, be treated for all purposes in law as a person who has not committed, been charged with or prosecuted for, or been given a caution for the offence; and notwithstanding the provisions of any other enactment or rule of law to the contrary—

(a) no evidence shall be admissible in any proceedings before a judicial authority exercising its jurisdiction or functions in England and Wales to prove that any such person has committed, been charged with or prosecuted for, or been given a caution for the offence; and

(b) a person shall not, in any such proceedings, be asked and, if asked, shall not be required to answer, any question relating to his past which cannot be answered without acknowledging or referring to a spent caution or any ancillary circumstances.

(2) Nothing in sub-paragraph (1) applies in relation to any proceedings for the offence which are not part of the ancillary circumstances relating to the caution.

(3) Where a question seeking information with respect to a person's previous cautions, offences, conduct or circumstances is put to him or to any other person otherwise than in proceedings before a judicial authority—

(a) the question shall be treated as not relating to spent cautions or to any ancillary circumstances, and the answer may be framed accordingly; and

(b) the person questioned shall not be subjected to any liability or otherwise prejudiced in law by reason of any failure to acknowledge or disclose a spent caution or any ancillary circumstances in his answer to the question.

(4) Any obligation imposed on any person by any rule of law or by the provisions of any agreement or arrangement to disclose any matters to any other person shall not extend to requiring him to disclose a spent caution or any ancillary circumstances (whether the caution is his own or another's).

(5) A caution which has become spent or any ancillary circumstances, or any failure to disclose such a caution or any such circumstances, shall not be a proper ground for dismissing or excluding a person from any office, profession, occupation or employment, or for prejudicing him in any way in any occupation or employment.

(6) This paragraph has effect subject to paragraphs 4 to 6.

4

The Secretary of State may by order—

(a) make provision for excluding or modifying the application of either or both of paragraphs (a) or (b) of paragraph 3(3) in relation to questions put in such circumstances as may be specified in the order;

(b) provide for exceptions from the provisions of sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) of paragraph 3, in such cases or classes of case, and in relation to cautions of such a description, as may be specified in the order.

5

Nothing in paragraph 3 affects—

(a) the operation of the caution in question; or

(b) the operation of any enactment by virtue of which, in consequence of any caution, a person is subject to any disqualification, disability, prohibition or other restriction or effect, the period of which extends beyond the rehabilitation period applicable to the caution.

6

(1) Section 7(2), (3) and (4) apply for the purposes of this Schedule as follows.

(2) Subsection (2) (apart from paragraphs (b) and (d)) applies to the determination of any issue, and the admission or requirement of any evidence, relating to a person's previous cautions or to ancillary circumstances as it applies to matters relating to a person's previous convictions and circumstances ancillary thereto.

(3) Subsection (3) applies to evidence of a person's previous cautions and ancillary circumstances as it applies to evidence of a person's convictions and the circumstances ancillary thereto; and for this purpose subsection (3) shall have effect as if—

(a) any reference to subsection (2) or (4) of section 7 were a reference to that subsection as applied by this paragraph; and

(b) the words “or proceedings to which section 8 below applies” were omitted.

(4) Subsection (4) applies for the purpose of excluding the application of paragraph 3(1); and for that purpose subsection (4) shall have effect as if the words “(other than proceedings to which section 8 below applies)” were omitted.

(5) References in the provisions applied by this paragraph to section 4(1) are to be read as references to paragraph 3(1).

SCHEDULE 3

Preliminary

1

(1) For the purposes of this Act, an alternative to prosecution given to any person (whether before or after the commencement of this Schedule) becomes spent—

(a) in the case of—

(i) a warning referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 8B, or

(ii) a fixed penalty notice referred to in paragraph (d) of that subsection,

at the time the warning or notice is given,

(b) in any other case, at the end of the relevant period.

(2) The relevant period in relation to an alternative to prosecution is the period of 3 months beginning on the day on which the alternative to prosecution is given.

(3) Sub-paragraph (1)(a) is subject to sub-paragraph (5).

(4) Sub-paragraph (2) is subject to sub-paragraph (6).

(5) If a person who is given a fixed penalty notice referred to in section 8B(1)(d) in respect of an offence is subsequently prosecuted and convicted of the offence, the notice—

(a) becomes spent at the end of the rehabilitation period for the offence, and

(b) is to be treated as not having become spent in relation to any period before the end of that rehabilitation period.

(6) If a person who is given an alternative to prosecution (other than one to which sub-paragraph (1)(a) applies) in respect of an offence is subsequently prosecuted and convicted of the offence—

(a) the relevant period in relation to the alternative to prosecution ends at the same time as the rehabilitation period for the offence ends, and

(b) if the conviction occurs after the end of the period referred to in sub-paragraph (2), the alternative to prosecution is to be treated as not having become spent in relation to any period before the end of the rehabilitation period for the offence.

2

(1) In this Schedule, “ ancillary circumstances ”, in relation to an alternative to prosecution, means any circumstances of the following—

(a) the offence in respect of which the alternative to prosecution is given or the conduct constituting the offence,

(b) any process preliminary to the alternative to prosecution being given (including consideration by any person of how to deal with the offence and the procedure for giving the alternative to prosecution),

(c) any proceedings for the offence which took place before the alternative to prosecution was given (including anything that happens after that time for the purpose of bringing the proceedings to an end),

(d) any judicial review proceedings relating to the alternative to prosecution,

(e) anything done or undergone in pursuance of the terms of the alternative to prosecution.

(2) Where an alternative to prosecution is given in respect of two or more offences, references in sub-paragraph (1) to the offence in respect of which the alternative to prosecution is given includes a reference to each of the offences.

(3) In this Schedule, “ proceedings before a judicial authority ” has the same meaning as in section 4.

Protection for spent alternatives to prosecution and ancillary circumstances

3

(1) A person who is given an alternative to prosecution in respect of an offence is, from the time the alternative to prosecution becomes spent, to be treated for all purposes in law as a person who has not committed, been charged with or prosecuted for, or been given an alternative to prosecution in respect of, the offence.

(2) Despite any enactment or rule of law to the contrary—

(a) where an alternative to prosecution given to a person in respect of an offence has become spent, evidence is not admissible in any proceedings before a judicial authority exercising its jurisdiction or functions in Scotland to prove that the person has committed, been charged with or prosecuted for, or been given an alternative to prosecution in respect of, the offence,

(b) a person must not, in any such proceedings, be asked any question relating to the person's past which cannot be answered without acknowledging or referring to an alternative to prosecution that has become spent or any ancillary circumstances, and

(3) Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply in relation to any proceedings—

(a) for the offence in respect of which the alternative to prosecution was given, and

(b) which are not part of the ancillary circumstances.

4

(1) This paragraph applies where a person (“A”) is asked a question, otherwise than in proceedings before a judicial authority, seeking information about—

(a) A's or another person's previous conduct or circumstances,

(b) offences previously committed by A or the other person, or

(2) The question is to be treated as not relating to alternatives to prosecution that have become spent or to any ancillary circumstances and may be answered accordingly.

(3) A is not to be subjected to any liability or otherwise prejudiced in law because of a failure to acknowledge or disclose an alternative to prosecution that has become spent or any ancillary circumstances in answering the question.

5

(1) An obligation imposed on a person (“A”) by a rule of law or by the provisions of an agreement or arrangement to disclose any matter to another person does not extend to requiring A to disclose an alternative to prosecution (whether one given to A or another person) that has become spent or any ancillary circumstances.

(2) An alternative to prosecution that has become spent or any ancillary circumstances, or any failure to disclose an alternative to prosecution that has become spent or any ancillary circumstances, is not a ground for dismissing or excluding a person from any office, profession, occupation or employment, or for prejudicing the person in any way in any occupation or employment.

6

The Scottish Ministers may by order—

(a) exclude or modify the application of either or both of sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) of paragraph 4 in relation to questions put in such circumstances as may be specified in the order,

(b) provide for exceptions from any of the provisions of paragraph 5 in such cases or classes of case, or in relation to alternatives to prosecution of such descriptions, as may be specified in the order

7

Paragraphs 3 to 5 do not affect—

(a) the operation of an alternative to prosecution, or

(b) the operation of an enactment by virtue of which, because of an alternative to prosecution, a person is subject to a disqualification, disability, prohibition or other restriction or effect for a period extending beyond the time at which the alternative to prosecution becomes spent

8

(1) Section 7(2), (3) and (4) apply for the purpose of this Schedule as follows.

(2) Subsection (2), apart from paragraphs (b) and (d), applies to the determination of any issue, and the admission or requirement of evidence, relating to alternatives to prosecution previously given to a person and to ancillary circumstances as it applies to matters relating to a person's previous convictions and circumstances ancillary thereto.

(3) Subsection (3) applies to evidence of alternatives to prosecution previously given to a person and ancillary circumstances as it applies to evidence of a person's previous convictions and the circumstances ancillary thereto.

(4) For that purpose, subsection (3) has effect as if—

(a) a reference to subsection (2) or (4) of section 7 were a reference to that subsection as applied by this paragraph, and

(b) the words “or proceedings to which section 8 below applies” were omitted.

(5) Subsection (4) applies for the purpose of excluding the application of paragraph 3.

(6) For that purpose, subsection (4) has effect as if the words “(other than proceedings to which section 8 below applies)” were omitted.

(7) References in the provisions applied by this paragraph to section 4(1) are to be read as references to paragraph 3.

Editorial notes

[^c10715971]: Act modified (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53, SIF 107:1), ss. 58, 77(7), as substituted (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 34; S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch. Act modified (1.4.2009) by Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53), s. 58A(1) (as inserted by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 9(2), 61(1), Sch. 2 para. 17; S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b)) Act modified (1.4.2009) by Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53), s. 77A(9) (as inserted by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 9(2), 61(1), Sch. 2 para. 27; S.I. 2008/3164, art. 4(b))

[^c10715991]: Act excluded by Financial Services Act 1986 (c. 60, SIF 69), s. 189(1) Act excluded (15.12.2011) by Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (c. 23), ss. 25, 31(2), Sch. 6 para. 10(2) (with Sch. 8)

[^c10716001]: Act wholly in force at 1.7.1975 see s. 11(2)

[^c10716011]: By Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 101(1), Sch. 12 para. 23; S.I. 1991/2208, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 it is provided (14.10.1991) that in relation to any time before the commencement of s. 70 of that 1991 Act (which came into force on 1.10.1992 by S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2) references in any enactment amended by that 1991 Act, to youth courts shall be construed as references to juvenile courts.

[^c10716021]: Act amended (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 46, s. 13(5)(6); S.I. 1996/2474, art. 2

[^c10716611]: S. 1(2)(a) amended by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), s. 170, Sch. 8 para. 16, Sch. 15 para. 47

[^c10716621]: S. 1(2)(a) amended by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 41, SIF 39:1), ss. 45(2), 47(4)(a) S. 1(2)(a) restricted (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 37, ss. 65(2), 69(2)

[^c10716631]: S. 1(2) excluded by Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (c. 22, SIF 39:1), s. 39(3)

[^c10716641]: S. 1(2A) inserted (E.W.) by Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), s. 65(7), Sch. 9 para. 11

[^c10716651]: 1977 c. 45.

[^c21546471]: S. 1(2B) inserted (24.3.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), ss. 456, 458(1), Sch. 11 para. 7; S.I. 2003/333, art. 2, Sch. (as amended by S.I. 2003/531); S.S.I. 2003/210, art. 2, Sch. (subject to arts. 3-7)

[^c21546571]: S. 1(3)(za) inserted (1.4.2007) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), ss. 58(1), 60, Sch. 10 para. 9; S.I. 2007/602, art. 2(c)

[^c10716661]: Words in s. 1(4)(b) repealed (E.W.) (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108, Sch. 15; S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)

[^c21548141]: Words in s. 1(4) substituted (S.) (28.3.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 24(1), 206; S.S.I. 2011/178, art. 2(1), Sch.

[^c10716681]: Words in s. 1(4) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 47

[^c21547871]: Words in s. 1(4) inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 63; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3; S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4 (and see savings (having effect from 24.4.2009 for specified purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) in S.I. 2009/1059, arts 1(2)(3), 205, Sch. 1 para. 14)

[^c16660071]: Words in s. 1(4) substituted (E.W.) (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 100, Sch. 11 para. 20(a)(c); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.

[^c10716941]: S. 2 modified by Armed Forces Act 1976 (c. 52), s. 17(1); extended by Armed Forces Act 1976 (c. 52), s. 17(2)

[^c10716951]: Words in s. 2(1) repealed (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 46, s. 35(2), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 1996/2474, art. 2, Sch.

[^c10716961]: Words inserted by Armed Forces Act 1976 (c. 52), Sch. 9 para. 20(1)

[^c10716971]: 1955 c. 18.

[^c10716981]: 1955 c. 19.

[^c10716991]: 1957 c. 53.

[^c10717001]: S. 2(2)-(4) repealed (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 46, ss. 13(2), 35(2), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 1996/2474, art. 2, Sch.

[^c21548271]: S. 2(5)(za) inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 64(a); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3; S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4 (and see savings (having effect from 24.4.2009 for specified purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) in S.I. 2009/1059, arts 1(2)(3), 205, Sch. 1 para. 14)

[^c10717011]: 1955 c. 18.

[^c10717021]: 1955 c. 19.

[^c10717031]: 1957 c. 53.

[^c10717041]: S. 2(5)(bb) inserted by Armed Forces Act 1976 (c. 52), Sch. 9 para. 20(3)

[^c10717051]: 1976 c. 52.

[^c10717061]: 1933 c. 6.

[^c21548291]: S. 2(6) inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 64(b); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3; S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4 (and see savings (having effect from 24.4.2009 for specified purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) in S.I. 2009/1059, arts 1(2)(3), 205, Sch. 1 para. 14)

[^c10717081]: Words in s. 3 substituted (1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 23(2)(a); S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(7)

[^c10717091]: Words in s. 3 substituted (1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 23(2)(b); S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(7)

[^c22561911]: S. 4 excluded in part by S.I. 1975/1023 (as amended: (E.W.) (18.12.2008) by S.I. 2008/3259; (E.W.) (7.7.2009) by S.I. 2009/1818; (E.W.) (31.3.2010) by S.I. 2010/1153)

[^c21536991]: S. 4 excluded (1.1.2007) by Gambling Act 2005 (c. 19), ss. 125, 358(1) (with ss. 352, 354); S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 4)

[^c10717101]: S. 4(1) excluded by Financial Services Act 1986 (c. 60, SIF 69), s. 189(2), and by Banking Act 1987 (c. 22, SIF 10), s. 95(2) S. 4(1) excluded (25.10.1993) by 1993 c. 39, s. 19(1); S.I. 1993/2632, art. 2.

[^c10717111]: S. 4(2) modified by Financial Services Act 1986 (c. 60, SIF 69), s. 189(3), and by Banking Act 1987 (c. 22, SIF 10), s. 95(3) S. 4(2) amended (25.10.1993) by 1993 c. 39, s. 19(2); S.I. 1993/2632, art. 2.

[^c10717121]: S. 4(3)(b) excluded by Financial Services Act 1986 (c. 60, SIF 69), s. 189(4), Banking Act 1987 (c. 22, SIF 10), s. 95(4), and excluded (S.) by Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 18, SIF 45:2), s. 80(3), Sch. 7 para. 5

[^c21537111]: S. 4(4): functions transferred (28.2.2003) by The Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/415), art. 2, Sch. (with art. 5)

[^c10726921]: This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; a separate version has been created for Scotland only.

[^c10726931]: Words inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 77, Sch. 14 para. 36(a)

[^c10726941]: Words inserted (E.W.) by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), s. 123, Sch. 8 paras. 9, 16

[^c10726951]: Word repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), Sch. 16

[^c10726961]: Words in s. 5(1)(d) inserted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 48(2)(a)

[^c21532401]: Words in s. 5(1)(d) inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 65(2)(a)(i); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3; S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4 (and see savings (having effect from 24.4.2009 for specified purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) in S.I. 2009/1059, arts 1(2)(3), 205, Sch. 1 para. 14)

[^c10726971]: Words inserted by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 62, SIF 39:1), Sch. 7 para. 24(a)(i)

[^c10726981]: Words in s. 5(1)(d) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 48(2)(b)

[^c10726991]: Words substituted by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 62, SIF 39:1), Sch. 7 para. 24(a)(ii)

[^c21532501]: Words in s. 5(1)(d) inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 65(2)(a)(ii); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3; S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4 (and see savings (having effect from 24.4.2009 for specified purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) in S.I. 2009/1059, arts 1(2)(3), 205, Sch. 1 para. 14)

[^c10727011]: S. 5(1)(e) inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), Sch. 14 para. 36(b)

[^c21532111]: Word at the end of s. 5(1)(e) inserted (4.4.2005) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 53), ss. 304, 336(3), Sch. 32 para. 18(2)(a); S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 42(11) (subject to art. 2(2), Sch. 2) (as amended by: S.I. 2007/391; S.I. 2009/616; S.I. 2009/3111)

[^c21532161]: S. 5(1)(f) inserted (4.4.2005) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 53), ss. 304, 336(3), Sch. 32 para. 18(2)(b); S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 42(11) (subject to art. 2(2), Sch. 2) (as amended by: S.I. 2007/391; S.I. 2009/616; S.I. 2009/3111)

[^c21532581]: Words in s. 5(1)(f) inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 65(2)(b); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3; S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4 (and see savings (having effect from 24.4.2009 for specified purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) in S.I. 2009/1059, arts 1(2)(3), 205, Sch. 1 para. 14)

[^c21534471]: S. 5(1A) substituted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 65(3); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3; S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4 (and see savings (having effect from 24.4.2009 for specified purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) in S.I. 2009/1059, arts 1(2)(3), 205, Sch. 1 para. 14)

[^c21534491]: S. 5(2): words in Table A substituted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 65(4)(a); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3; S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4 (and see savings (having effect from 24.4.2009 for specified purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) in S.I. 2009/1059, arts 1(2)(3), 205, Sch. 1 para. 14)

[^c21534511]: S. 5(2): words in Table B inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 65(4)(b)(i); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3; S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4 (and see savings (having effect from 24.4.2009 for specified purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) in S.I. 2009/1059, arts 1(2)(3), 205, Sch. 1 para. 14)

[^c21535401]: S. 5(2): words in Table B inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 65(4)(b)(ii); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3; S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4 (and see savings (having effect from 24.4.2009 for specified purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) in S.I. 2009/1059, arts 1(2)(3), 205, Sch. 1 para. 14)

[^c21535471]: S. 5(2A) inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 65(5); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3; S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4 (and see savings (having effect from 24.4.2009 for specified purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) in S.I. 2009/1059, arts 1(2)(3), 205, Sch. 1 para. 14)

[^c21535871]: Words in s. 5(4A) inserted (4.4.2005) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 53), ss. 304, 336(3), Sch. 32 para. 18(3); S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 42(11) (subject to art. 2(2), Sch. 2) (as amended by: S.I. 2007/391; S.I. 2009/616; S.I. 2009/3111)

[^c21535891]: Words in s. 5(4A) inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 65(6); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3; S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4 (and see savings (having effect from 24.4.2009 for specified purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) in S.I. 2009/1059, arts 1(2)(3), 205, Sch. 1 para. 14)

[^c21536351]: S. 5(4D) inserted (1.4.2010) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 18(2), 116(1); S.I. 2010/507, art. 5(e) (with art. 6)

[^c21536331]: S. 5(5)(da) inserted (30.11.2009) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), ss. 6, 153, Sch. 4 para. 21 (with Sch. 27 paras. 1, 5); S.I. 2009/3074, art. 2(p)(iii)

[^c21535751]: Words in s. 5(6A) inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 65(7); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3; S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4 (and see savings (having effect from 24.4.2009 for specified purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) in S.I. 2009/1059, arts 1(2)(3), 205, Sch. 1 para. 14)

[^c21532301]: Words in s. 5(7) substituted (S.) (27.9.2005) by The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Modification of Enactments) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/465), art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 6

[^c21535771]: Words in s. 5(9)(b) inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 65(8); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3; S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4 (and see savings (having effect from 24.4.2009 for specified purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) in S.I. 2009/1059, arts 1(2)(3), 205, Sch. 1 para. 14)

[^c10727711]: S. 5 modified (S.) by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), s. 124, Sch. 8 para. 16, Sch. 9 para. 8

[^c10727721]: This version of this provision extends to Scotland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales only.

[^c10727731]: Words inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 77, Sch. 14 para. 36(a)

[^c10727741]: Word repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), Sch. 16

[^c10727751]: Words in s. 5(1)(d) inserted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 48(2)(a)

[^c10727761]: Words inserted by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 62, SIF 39:1), Sch. 7 para. 24(a)(i)

[^c10727771]: Words substituted by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 62, SIF 39:1), Sch. 7 para. 24(a)(ii)

[^c10727791]: S. 5(1)(e) inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), Sch. 14 para. 36(b)

[^c10727841]: Words in s. 5(2)(a) substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), ss. 68, 101(1), Sch. 8 para. 5(a), Sch. 12 para. 22(2); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.

[^c10727851]: Words in s. 5(2) in the heading to Table A substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), ss. 68, 101(1), Sch. 8 para. 5(b), Sch. 12 para. 22(2); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.

[^c10727861]: Words inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 77, Sch. 14 para. 37(a)

[^c10727881]: Words in Table A in s. 5(2) substituted (26.6.2000) by 1999 c. 23, s. 67(1), Sch. 4 para. 6(2) (with Sch. 7 paras. 3(3), 5(2)); S.I. 2000/1587, art. 2(b)

[^c10727891]: Entry inserted by Armed Forces Act 1976 (c. 52), Sch. 9 para. 21(1)

[^c10727901]: 1955 c. 18.

[^c10727911]: 1955 c. 19.

[^c10727921]: 1957 c. 53.

[^c10727941]: Entry made by Armed Forces Act 1981 (c. 55, SIF 7:1), Sch. 4 para. 2(2)(a)

[^c10727961]: Words in Table B in s. 5(2) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 48(3)

[^c10727971]: Words substituted by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 62, SIF 39:1), Sch. 7 para. 24(b)(i)

[^c10727981]: Words inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), Sch. 14 para. 37(b)

[^c10727991]: 1961 c. 39.

[^c10728001]: Words repealed by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 62, SIF 39:1), Sch. 7 para. 24(b)(ii), Sch. 8

[^c10728031]: Entry made by Armed Forces Act 1981 (c. 55, SIF 7:1), Sch. 4 para. 2(2)(b)

[^c10728051]: Words in s. 5(3)(b) substituted (1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 23(3)(a); S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(7)

[^c10728061]: Words in s. 5(4) repealed (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 33, s. 168(1)(3), Sch. 9 para. 11(1)(b)(2) Sch. 11; S.I. 1995/127, art. 2(1), Sch., Appendices A, C

[^c10728081]: S. 5(4A) inserted (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 33, s. 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 11(1)(c)(2); S.I. 1995/127, art. 2(1), Sch., Appendix A

[^c10728091]: Words in s. 5(4A) substituted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 43, s. 74, Sch. 7 Pt. II para. 49(a); S.I. 2001/919, art. 2(f)(ii)

[^c22561991]: Words in s. 5(4A) repealed (S.) (1.2.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 14(2), 206, sch. 2 para. 32(2); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2(1), Sch.

[^c10728101]: Words in s. 5(4A)(b) substituted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 43, s. 74, Sch. 7 Pt. II para. 49(b); S.I. 2001/919, art. 2(f)(ii)

[^c10728111]: S. 5(4B)(4C) inserted (26.6.2000) by 1999 c. 23, s. 67(1), Sch. 4 para. 6(3) (with Sch. 7 paras. 3(3), 5(2)); S.I. 2000/1587, art. 2(b)

[^c10728121]: Words in s. 5(4B) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 48(4)(a)

[^c10728131]: Words in s. 5(4B)(a) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 48(4)(b)

[^c10728141]: Words in s. 5(4B)(a) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 48(4)(c)

[^c10728151]: Words in s. 5(4C) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 48(5)(a)

[^c10728161]: Words in s. 5(4C)(a) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 48(5)(b)

[^c10728171]: Words in s. 5(4C)(a) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 48(5)(c)

[^c10728181]: 1933 c. 12.

[^c10728191]: 1937 c. 37.

[^c10728201]: 1963 c. 37.

[^c10728211]: S. 5(5)(c) substituted by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 62, SIF 39:1), Sch. 7 para. 24(c)

[^c10728221]: Words in s. 5(5)(e) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 48(6)

[^c10728231]: Words in s. 5(5)(f) substituted (1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 23(3)(b); S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(7)

[^c10728241]: S. 5(5)(g)(h) added by Armed Forces Act 1976 (c. 52), Sch. 9 para. 21(2)

[^c10728251]: 1955 c. 18.

[^c10728261]: 1955 c. 19.

[^c10728271]: 1957 c. 53.

[^c10728281]: S. 5(5)(h) repealed (1.1.1992) by Armed Forces Act 1991 (c. 62, SIF 7:1), s. 26(2), Sch. 3; S.I. 1991/2719, art. 2, Sch.

[^c10728291]: Words in s. 5(6)(c) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 48(7)

[^c10728301]: S. 5(6)(d) and word inserted (1.3.1998) by 1994 c. 33, s. 168(2), Sch. 10 para. 30; S.I. 1998/277, art. 3(2)

[^c10728311]: S. 5(6A) inserted (1.4.2000) by 1998 c. 37, s. 119, Sch. 8 para. 35; S.I. 1999/3426, art. 3(b)

[^c10728321]: Words in s. 5(6A) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 48(8)

[^c10728331]: Words substituted by Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20, SIF 85), Sch. 4 para. 39

[^c10728361]: Words substituted by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 62, SIF 39:1), Sch. 7 para. 24(d)(i)

[^c10728371]: Words in s. 5(9)(b) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 48(9)

[^c10728381]: Words substituted by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 62, SIF 39:1), Sch. 7 para. 24(d)(ii)

[^c10728391]: Words in s. 5(10) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 48(10)

[^c10728401]: Words in s. 5(10) substituted (1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 23(3)(c); S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(7)

[^c10728411]: Words in s. 5(10) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 48(10)(b)

[^c10728421]: S. 5(10A) repealed (S.) (1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4)(5), Sch. 4 para. 23(3)(d), Sch. 5; S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(7)

[^c21537161]: S. 6(3A) inserted (1.4.2010) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 18(3), 116(1); S.I. 2010/507, art. 5(e) (with art. 6)

[^c10728631]: Words in s. 6(6) repealed (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 46, ss. 13(3)(a), 35(2), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 1996/2474, art. 2, Sch.

[^c10728641]: Words substituted by Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), s. 65(7), Sch. 12

[^c10728651]: Words substituted by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), Sch. 7 para. 134

[^c10728661]: 1954 c. 48.

[^c10728671]: S. 6(6)(bb) inserted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 46, s. 13(3)(b); S.I. 1996/2474, art. 2

[^c21537131]: Words in s. 6(6) substituted (E.W) (19.12.2008) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), ss. 49, 153(7), Sch. 10 para. 2 (with Sch. 27 para. 19); S.I. 2008/3260, art. 2(1)(d); and those same words substituted (S.) (1.11.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 203, 206(1), Sch. 7 para. 9; S.S.I. 2011/354, art. 2(1), Sch.

[^c10728681]: S. 6(7) repealed (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 46, s. 35(2), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 1996/2474, art. 2, Sch.

[^c10729261]: This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; a separate version has been created for Scotland only.

[^c21539591]: S. 7(2)(bb) substituted (E.W.) (1.5.2004) by Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), ss. 139, 141, Sch. 6 para. 19; S.I. 2004/874, art. 2

[^c10729281]: S. 7(2)(c)(cc) substituted (E.W.) (14.10.1991) for s. 7(2)(c) by Children Act 1991 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108, Sch. 13 para. 35(2); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)

[^c21539871]: Words in s. 7(2)(c) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004, ss. 261(1), 263(10)(b), {Sch. 27 para. 53}; S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(2)

[^c21539921]: S. 7(2)(d) substituted (30.11.2009) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), ss. 6(2), 153(7), Sch. 4 para. 22; S.I. 2009/3074, art. 2(p)(iii)

[^c10729311]: 1968 c. 49.

[^c10729321]: S. 7(2)(g) added by Banking Act 1979 (c. 37, SIF 10), s. 43(4) and repealed by Banking Act 1987 (c. 22, SIF 10), s. 108(2), Sch. 7 Pt. I

[^c21539941]: S. 7(2)(h) and word added (6.4.2010) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), ss. 158(1), 182(5) (with s. 180); S.I. 2010/816, art. 2, Sch. para. 11

[^c10729391]: Words in s. 7(2) repealed (S.) (1.11.1996) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4)(5), Sch. 4 para. 23(4)(c), Sch. 5; S.I. 1996/2203, art. 3(3), Sch.

[^c10729401]: Words in s. 7(2) repealed (S.) (25.9.1991) by Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 50, SIF 49:8), ss. 10(2), 11(2), Sch. 2

[^c21539271]: S. 7(4): functions transferred (28.2.2003) by The Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/415), art. 2, Sch. (with art. 5)

[^c10729331]: This version of this provision extends to Scotland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales only.

[^c10729341]: S. 7(2)(bb) inserted (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s. 119, Sch. 8 para. 36; S.I. 1998/2327, art. 4(1)(k)

[^c17638721]: Words in s. 7(2)(bb) substituted (2.12.2002) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), s. 107, Sch. 7 para. 4; S.I. 2002/2750, art. 2(b)(ii)

[^c21539961]: S. 7(2)(bc) inserted (S.) (13.12.2010) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 104, 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2(1), Sch.

[^c10729351]: S. 7(2)(c)(cc) substituted (S.) (1.11.1996) for s. 7(2)(c) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 23(4)(a) ; S.I. 1996/2203, art. 3(3), Sch.

[^c10729371]: S. 7(2)(e) repealed (S.) (1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4)(5), Sch. 4 para. 23(4)(b), Sch. 5; S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(7)

[^c10729381]: S. 7(2)(g) added by Banking Act 1979 (c. 37, SIF 10), s. 43(4) and repealed by Banking Act 1987 (c. 22, SIF 10), s. 108(2), Sch. 7 Pt. I

[^c21539261]: S. 7(4): functions transferred (28.2.2003) by The Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/415), art. 2, Sch. (with art. 5)

[^c10729421]: Words in s. 8(6) substituted (1.4.1999) by 1996 c. 31, ss. 14(4), 19(3) (with s. 20(2)); S.I. 1999/817, art. 2(a)

[^c21549281]: S. 8B(1)(ca) inserted (29.6.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), ss. 40(2), 43(1) (with s. 41(1)); S.S.I. 2011/279, art. 2(1)(q)

[^c10729431]: Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G

[^c10729441]: Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G

[^c10729451]: S. 9(8) explained by Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975 (c. 59), s. 12

[^c10729461]: Power conferred by s. 11(2) to bring Act into operation before 1.7.1975 was not exercised

[^c21548401]: S. 8A inserted (E.W.) (19.12.2008) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), ss. 49, 153(7), Sch. 10 para. 3 (with Sch. 27 para. 19); S.I. 2008/3260, art. 2(1)(d)

[^c21549071]: S. 8B inserted (S.) (1.11.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 109(2), 206(1); S.S.I. 2011/354, art. 2(1), Sch.

[^c21548421]: S. 9A inserted (E.W.) (19.12.2008) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), ss. 49, 153(7), Sch. 10 para. 4 (with Sch. 27 para. 19); S.I. 2008/3260, art. 2(1)(d)

[^c21549191]: S. 9B inserted (S.) (1.11.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 109(3), 206(1); S.S.I. 2011/354, art. 2(1), Sch.

[^c20925021]: 1955 c. 18.

[^c20925031]: 1955 c. 19.

[^c20925041]: 1955 c. 18.

[^c20925051]: 1955 c. 19.

[^c20925061]: 1957 c. 53.

[^c20925071]: 1957 c. 53.

[^c21550831]: Sch. renumbered as Sch. 1 (E.W.) (19.12.2008) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), ss. 49, 153(7), Sch. 10 para. 5 (with Sch. 27 para. 19); S.I. 2008/3260, art. 2(1)(d); and Sch. so renumbered (S.) (1.11.20011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 203, 206(1), Sch. 7 para. 10; S.S.I. 2011/354, art. 2, Sch.

[^c21550471]: Sch. 1 para. 7 and cross-heading inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) by virtue of Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 66; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3; S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4 (and see savings (having effect from 24.4.2009 for specified purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) in S.I. 2009/1059, arts 1(2)(3), 205, Sch. 1 para. 14)

[^c21538421]: Sch. 2 para. 3(1) excluded (18.12.2008) by S.I. 1975/1023, art. 5, Sch. 3 (as amended by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3259), art. 6)

[^c21538461]: Sch. 2 para. 3(1)(5) excluded (7.7.2009) by S.I. 1975/1023, art. 6(3) (as inserted by The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1818), art. 6)

[^c21538431]: Sch. 2 para. 3(3) excluded (18.12.2008) by S.I. 1975/1023, art. 3 (as amended by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3259), art. 4)

[^c21538451]: Sch. 2 para. 3(3) excluded (7.7.2009) by S.I. 1975/1023, art. 6(1) (as inserted by The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1818), art. 6)

[^c21538471]: Sch. 2 para. 3(3) excluded (31.3.2010) by S.I. 1975/1023, art. 3A (as inserted by The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1153), art. 3) Sch. 2 para. 3(3) excluded (31.3.2010) by S.I. 1975/1023, art. 6 (as substituted by The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1153), art. 4)

[^c21538441]: Sch. 2 para. 3(5) excluded (18.12.2008) by S.I. 1975/1023, art. 4 (as amended by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3259), art. 5)

[^c20925081]: Sch. inserted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 46, s. 13(4)(5)(6), Sch. 4; S.I. 1996/2474, art. 2

[^c21538391]: Sch. 2 inserted (E.W.) (19.12.2008) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), ss. 49, 153(7), Sch. 10 para. 6 (with Sch. 27 para. 19); S.I. 2008/3260, art. 2(1)(d)

[^c21551161]: Sch. 3 inserted (S.) (1.11.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 109(4), 206(1); S.S.I. 2011/354, art. 2(1), Sch.

[^key-03414a01960507571dfa62f48e8c860f]: Words in s. 1(4)(b) inserted (S.) (with application in accordance with art. 3 of the commencing S.S.I.) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), s. 206(1), sch. 7 para. 8; S.S.I. 2012/160, art. 3, sch.

[^key-f7818a25a96d6c0a1f9948f9b75a5dbe]: S. 4(1)(2)(3) excluded by 2007 c. 30, s. 56A (as inserted (1.10.2012) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), ss. 140, 151(1) (with s. 141(7)-(9)); S.I. 2012/2412, art. 2(e))

[^key-d060ab26089a7e663185133e7f0f3896]: S. 1(5)(6) inserted (E.W.) (1.10.2012) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 134(3) (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 3(o)

[^key-16ce840fdb9d4414c79d4a402630ec3d]: Words in s. 1(1) substituted (E.W.) (1.10.2012) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 134(2) (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 3(o)

[^key-25dfabab64ed8576a5002d09ee03427e]: Words in s. 5(1)(f) inserted (3.12.2012) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 21 para. 2; S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(s)

[^key-0dd8394203f7c658fae73548c6f4bbfd]: S. 4(1) excluded (S.) (14.2.2013) by The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/50), arts. 1(1), 3, sch. 1, sch. 2 Pt. 1

[^key-a32db25ac6cce0787592426875f20f12]: S. 4(2)(a)(b) excluded (S.) (14.2.2013) by The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/50), arts. 1(1), 4, sch. 3 (as amended (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/472), Sch. 2 para. 250(5), (17.2.2018) by The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/51), arts. 1, 2(2), (24.3.2022) by The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/110), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(a)(b), (12.5.2022) by The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/164), arts. 1(2), 2(2), and (1.4.2025) by The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/77), arts. 1(1), 10)

[^key-48251624fe5151f8e776e2ac96e59297]: S. 4(3)(b) restricted (S.) (14.2.2013) by The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/50), arts. 1(1), 5, sch. 2 Pt. 1, sch. 4 (as amended (S.) (17.2.2018) by The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/51), arts. 1, 2(3))

[^key-f94963f3735ffede1cd5136e03b2f736]: Words in s. 9B(1)(a)(ii) inserted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), sch. 7 para. 3; S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)

[^key-16c8f6e8e3e86ccd34bffca2de8cd2f3]: S. 8A(2)(c) omitted (8.4.2013) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 24 para. 2(a) (with s. 135(4)); S.I. 2013/453, art. 4(f)

[^key-3c74a9b29a97c666185fa88d09d42e0e]: Words in s. 8A(2)(d) omitted (8.4.2013) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 24 para. 2(b)(i) (with s. 135(4)); S.I. 2013/453, art. 4(f)

[^key-7a098b48a0429872063a5ef6578f4f5c]: Words in s. 8A(2)(d) substituted (8.4.2013) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 24 para. 2(b)(ii) (with s. 135(4)); S.I. 2013/453, art. 4(f)

[^key-943cda232be4dceb2341647adf1b0043]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 2(1)(e) substituted (8.4.2013) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 24 para. 3(a) (with s. 135(4)); S.I. 2013/453, art. 4(f)

[^key-5f60de0b30d01319a0b613714cd81af6]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 2(1)(e) substituted (8.4.2013) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 24 para. 3(b) (with s. 135(4)); S.I. 2013/453, art. 4(f)

[^key-6a4cc6420f5037a2d3fba39d2ff460a1]: Act modified (S.) (14.5.2013) by The Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Rehabilitation of Offenders) (Transitory Provisions) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/146), arts. 1(1), 2(1)

[^key-e58f5d5e2c7794d2c0f543a94f9e6f63]: Act excluded by 1984 c. 60, s. 65B(2) (as inserted (E.W.) (31.10.2013) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), ss. 18(5), 120 (with s. 97); S.I. 2013/1814, art. 2(d))

[^key-f6327ee20788c55f36c0b2a37b5ba880]: Act excluded by S.I. 2009/1922, art. 2(6) (as inserted (31.10.2013) by The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Armed Forces) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2554), arts. 1(1), 2(3))

[^key-088621e13e71815a74dacb92c8f327d8]: Act excluded by 2000 c. 11, Sch. 8 para. 20D (as inserted (31.10.2013) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 1 para. 1(4) (with s. 97); S.I. 2013/1814, art. 2(i))

[^key-0d6ed7b3ffbc79ce150fed4b21bdc1bc]: Act excluded by 2008 c. 28, s. 18E(4) (as substituted (31.10.2013) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 1 para. 4 (with s. 97); S.I. 2013/1814, art. 2(k))

[^key-146c836b3a107bcc078aab96419d7019]: Words in s. 8(3) substituted (E.W.) (1.1.2014) by Defamation Act 2013 (c. 26), ss. 16(2), 17(4); S.I. 2013/3027, art. 2

[^key-629a8c84c8e17c48575b7ee9678513de]: Words in s. 8(5) substituted (E.W.) (1.1.2014) by Defamation Act 2013 (c. 26), ss. 16(3), 17(4); S.I. 2013/3027, art. 2

[^key-cc6500cf7d503b3637992990c91b24a7]: Sch. 1 omitted (E.W.) (10.3.2014) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 para. 11 (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)

[^key-08717b8144322dacc2682879e0e97c78]: Words in s. 5(1A) substituted (E.W.) (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), ss. 139(3), 151(1) (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(a) (with art. 3)

[^key-8c3274b40cc8f7e9d130876e9c2e2779]: S. 5(2)-(8) substituted (E.W.) for s. 5(2)-(11) (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), ss. 139(4), 151(1) (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(a) (with art. 3)

[^key-caf3e52b87247ed66e78362c98d9132e]: Words in s. 5(1)(b)(d) substituted (E.W.) (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), ss. 139(2), 151(1) (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(a) (with art. 3)

[^key-9a382407e9b2735f37cf85ae02de7221]: Words in s. 7(2)(a) substituted (E.W.) (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 para. 6(2) (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)

[^key-55f810da6775d25e5c447c376e8f76eb]: Word in s. 7(2)(a) substituted (S.) (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 para. 16(2) (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)

[^key-d3a760813c57ffb824c0a3bd5a732427]: Words in s. 7(3) substituted (E.W.) (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 para. 6(3) (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)

[^key-a08d03cd3c71cbe5e35fd1a486b1164c]: Word in s. 7(3) substituted (S.) (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 para. 16(3) (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)

[^key-2a45e90e0a14dd8db4b5c45ab56c12ed]: S. 8AA inserted (E.W.) (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), ss. 139(6), 151(1) (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(a) (with art. 3)

[^key-2f3816cee5cac18dc628dacc2cac8698]: Words in s. 1(4)(a) substituted (E.W.) (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 para. 2 (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)

[^key-dbdb78daa59423c31d76c0cf6ee8a905]: Word in s. 1(4)(a) substituted (S.) (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 para. 13 (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)

[^key-a4a0527af89351db900545b15e2258d2]: S. 10(1A)(1B) inserted (E.W.) (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 para. 10 (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)

[^key-c82c99f602c8fc2384a97db8196800c7]: Words in s. 2(5) substituted (E.W.) (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 para. 3 (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)

[^key-423cfe16043104dd2c91feb61f49d908]: Word in s. 2(5) substituted (S.) (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 para. 14 (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)

[^key-3565c92f71ee2548f843d13b663d797e]: Words in s. 4(1)(a) substituted (E.W.) (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 para. 5 (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)

[^key-d5fe1ec41d0556f5ed62eca7a5bdd258]: Word in s. 4(1)(a) substituted (S.) (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 para. 15 (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)

[^key-edf8a008ddd4523667b625f4c32da71f]: Words in s. 6(5) substituted (E.W.) (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), ss. 139(5)(a), 151(1) (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(a) (with art. 3)

[^key-20feff9d419a316266c8f468cd9733fc]: S. 6(6) omitted (E.W.) (10.3.2014) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), ss. 139(5)(b), 151(1) (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(a)

[^key-75a1989a90d1a1d9435dd7dba2e8a547]: S. 8(8) omitted (E.W.) (10.3.2014) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 para. 7 (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)

[^key-ae1c6277fd6ab4279ee0c5b6861b5082]: Words in s. 8A(2)(d) inserted (E.W.) (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 para. 8 (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)

[^key-d199089665b6d21b66fed389847c8884]: Words in s. 9(3) omitted (E.W.) (10.3.2014) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 para. 9(2) (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)

[^key-c231b8bf5ab968d2594ec8ba5f5606e2]: Words in s. 9(3) substituted (S.) (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 para. 17(2) (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)

[^key-a1b4d99054fd87889af890504b0e7af6]: Words in s. 9(8) omitted (E.W.) (10.3.2014) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 para. 9(3) (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)

[^key-0f608f73c781ff13cd97361d256d0123]: S. 9(8) omitted (S.) (10.3.2014) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 para. 17(3) (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)

[^key-c31962dc689bb9bc016b3eb1430e301f]: Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(3) omitted (10.3.2014) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), ss. 139(7)(b), 151(1) (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(a) (with art. 3)

[^key-b21746f9f112d1c4be5d473e65b56d5b]: Sch. 2 para. 1(1)(a)(i)(ii) substituted for words (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), ss. 139(7)(a), 151(1) (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(a) (with art. 3)

[^key-8d715a42c6fe9d766a5adb1a06ad558d]: S. 1(3A) inserted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 38 (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)

[^key-9634d4d9e6509ffae0b7890ce224b939]: Sch. 3 para. 9 inserted (13.4.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), ss. 19, 95(1); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 15

[^key-bfd7a4761c2fdeb12a1bbecffdd6ce42]: S. 1(3)(c) inserted (13.4.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), s. 95(1), Sch. 12 para. 1; S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 78

[^M_F_66282f5a-eacf-4cac-bea3-3dece1dcdaac]: Words in s. 6(3) repealed (S.) (1.2.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 14(2), 206(1), sch. 2 para. 32(3); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 3(1))

[^M_F_4a854d4d-3ec7-4d87-e004-f0ac89fb2166]: Words in s. 6(3) substituted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 43, s. 74, Sch. 7 Pt. II para. 50(b); S.I. 2001/919, art. 2(f)(ii)

[^M_F_06b8ea08-2b8f-42e9-a6d2-1cc4bf5cc97b]: Words in s. 6(3) substituted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 43, s. 74, Sch. 7 Pt. II para. 50(a); S.I. 2001/919, art. 2(f)(ii)

[^M_F_c02f7d78-087f-44ac-85a9-75a44b7e0079]: Words in s. 6(3) repealed (S.) (1.2.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 14(2), 206(1), sch. 2 para. 32(3); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 3(1))

[^M_F_02cb8602-836c-4b56-ca74-dfd237485d6a]: Words in s. 5(1)(d) omitted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) by virtue of Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 65(2)(a)(iii); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3; S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4 (and see savings (having effect from 24.4.2009 for specified purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) in S.I. 2009/1059, arts 1(2)(3), 205, Sch. 1 para. 14)

Schedule 1

Defamation actions.

Rehabilitation of persons dealt with in service disciplinary proceedings.

Orders.

Effect of rehabilitation.

The rehabilitation period applicable to a conviction.

Defamation actions.

Unauthorized disclosure of spent convictions.

Unauthorised disclosure of spent alternatives to prosecution: Scotland

Orders.

Unauthorized disclosure of spent convictions.

Unauthorised disclosure of spent alternatives to prosecution: Scotland

Citation, commencement and extent.

Rehabilitation of persons dealt with in service disciplinary proceedings.

Effect of rehabilitation.

Limitations on rehabilitation under this Act, etc.

Protection afforded to spent cautions

Protection afforded to spent alternatives to prosecution

8AA

(1) The following provisions of this Act apply, with the modifications specified in subsection (3), to a spent alternative to prosecution as they apply to a spent caution—

(a) section 9A (unauthorised disclosure of spent cautions), and

(b) paragraphs 2 to 6 of Schedule 2 (protection relating to spent cautions and ancillary circumstances).

(2) An alternative to prosecution becomes spent for the purposes of this Act when it becomes spent under the law of Scotland.

(3) The modifications mentioned in subsection (1) are—

(a) references to cautions are to be read as references to alternatives to prosecution (and references to cautioned are to be read accordingly),

(b) references to the offence which was the subject of the caution are to be read as references to the offence in respect of which the alternative to prosecution was given,

(e) anything done or undergone in pursuance of the terms of the alternative to prosecution,

(d) references to cautions for an offence are to be read as references to alternatives to prosecution in respect of an offence, and

(e) the reference in paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the rehabilitation period applicable to the caution is to be read as a reference to the time at which the alternative to prosecution becomes spent.

(4) In this section “alternative to prosecution” has the same meaning as in section 8B as that section has effect in the law of Scotland but disregarding subsection (1)(f) of that section.

Protection afforded to spent alternatives to prosecution: Scotland

Unauthorised disclosure of spent cautions

Unauthorised disclosure of spent alternatives to prosecution: Scotland

Citation, commencement and extent.

9

(1) The powers conferred on the Scottish Ministers by—

(a) paragraph 6, and

(b) section 7(4), as applied by paragraph 8,

may be exercised to make provision relating to reserved matters and are not subject to the restrictions imposed by section 29(2)(b) or (c) of, or Schedule 4 to, the Scotland Act 1998.

(2) In this paragraph, “reserved matters” has the same meaning as in the Scotland Act 1998.