The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2022

Explanatory note

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This Order amends the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2013 (“ the 2013 Order ”). The 2013 Order excludes and makes exceptions to section 4 (effect of rehabilitation) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 which would otherwise prevent a person from having to disclose a spent conviction and protects that person from being prejudiced by that conviction or any failure to disclose it.

Article 2 makes amendments to schedule A1 of the 2013 Order to update the list of offences which must always be disclosed subject to exceptions specified in the 2013 Order.

Article 3 makes amendments to schedule B1 of the 2013 Order to update the list of offences which are to be disclosed subject to rules set out in the 2013 Order.