(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1979.
Article 3 amends article 2 which provides exceptions to Article 5(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (“the Order”) (questions that relate to spent convictions). It adds classes of air traffic workers and National Lottery Commission personnel to that exception.
Article 4 amends Schedule 1 by adding to the list of professions, offices, employments, work and occupations in relation to which exceptions from the rehabilitative provisions of the Order apply.
Added to the list in Part I of Schedule 1 are the professions of chartered psychologist, actuary, European lawyer, and controller appointed by the Office of Care and Protection.
Added to the list of excepted offices and employments in Part II of Schedule 1 are police trainees, police support staff, the Serious Fraud Office, the National Crime Squad, the National Criminal Intelligence Service, Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise and the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.
Article 5 amends Schedule 3 (excepted proceedings) by adding certain proceedings relating to National Lottery licences.