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Further provisions for the purposes of regulations 5 to 8

9.  For the purposes of regulations 5 to 8—

(a)convictions which are spent for the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(1) shall be disregarded; and

(b)the Department may also disregard an offence if such time as it thinks appropriate has elapsed since the date of the conviction.