Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (c. 53)

[F1 SCHEDULE 2 E+W Protection for spent cautions

Textual Amendments

F1 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)

Protection relating to spent cautions and ancillary circumstances E+W

5 E+W Nothing in paragraph 3 affects—

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

F2 (b) the operation of any enactment by virtue of which, in consequence of any caution, a person is subject to any disqualification, disability, prohibition [F3 , requirement] or other restriction or effect, the period of which extends beyond the rehabilitation period applicable to the caution.]

Textual Amendments

F2 By Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 14), s. 63(2), sch. 2 para. 1(17)(b); S.S.I. 2020/245, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3) it is provided that (S.) (30.11.2020) in Sch. 2 para. 5(b) the word “disclosure” is substituted for “rehabilitation” [Editorial note: The purported substitution cannot be applied because the affected provision does not extend to Scotland.]

F3 Word in Sch. 2 para. 5(b) inserted (with application in accordance with s. 193(16)-(18) of the amending Act) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 193(15), 208(1); S.I. 2023/1128, reg. 2