Section 22- Disclosure period: caution for good behaviour
93.Section 22(2) inserts a new section 5C after section 5B. New section 5C provides a disclosure period for a person who is ordained to find caution for good behaviour, (sentence provided for under section 227 of the 1995 Act). A “bond of caution” is a sum of money lodged with the court by the person who has been convicted, as security of their being of “good behaviour” for a certain stated period, (“the caution period”). If the individual is of good behaviour for the specified period, the money is returned and the sentence has been served. The person is required to disclose their conviction for a period of 6 months from the date of conviction (three months if under 18) or, if longer, the length of the caution period.
94.The current disclosure period for such an order, no matter what the age of a person, is one year or the length of the order, whichever is the longer.
