Juvenile Justice Centre Order 5 years or 2 years after Order Hospital Order expires whichever longer – Fine, Community Service Order, Combination Orders, Youth Conference Order, Reparation 5 years 2 ½ years Order, Community Responsibility Order Prison (immediate or suspended) – OR Young Offenders Centre 7 years 3 ½ years – sentence of 6 months or less Prison (immediate or suspended) – OR Young Offenders Centre over 6 10 years 5 years months up to and including 30 months NB: custodial sentence of more than two and a half years (30 months) can never become spent Consecutive prison sentences count as a single term when calculating the rehabilitation period. If more than one sentence was imposed for an offence, the longer rehabilitation period applies. If a person receives a new conviction during rehabilitation period: for a summary offence (i.e. can only be tried at ) both rehabilitation periods expire separately; for a more serious offence (i.e. which could be tried at the Crown Court) neither conviction will become spent until longest period expires. Cautions, reprimands and final warnings are not considered to be convictions and become immediately unless relevant to “spent” “Excepted “posts. A spent conviction will remain on your criminal record. The Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order (NI) 1979 (amended by 1987, 2001 and 2003 Orders) A range of occupations are exempted from the legislation for these posts, applicants MUST disclose information on both AND “spent” “unspent” convictions. The list of posts is extensive and can be summarised as follows: WORK THAT INVOLVES CONTACT WITH CHILDREN OR YOUNG PEOPLE OR VULNERABLE ADULT GROUPS e.g. provision of health – care or social services, work with children such as youth work,
Juvenile Justice Centre Order Hospital Order 5 years or 2 years after Order expires – whichever longer Fine, Community Service Order, Combination Orders, Youth Conference Order, Reparation Order, Community Responsibility Order 5 years 2 ½ years Prison – (immediate or suspended) OR Young Offenders Centre – sentence of 6 months or less 7 years 3 ½ years Prison – (immediate or suspended) OR Young Offenders Centre over 6 months up to and including 30 months 10 years 5 years NB: custodial sentence of more than two and a half years (30 months) can never become spent Consecutive prison sentences count as a single term when calculating the rehabilitation period. If more than one sentence was imposed for an offence, the longer rehabilitation period applies. If a person receives a new conviction during rehabilitation period: for a summary offence (i.e. can only be tried at ) both rehabilitation periods expire separately; for a more serious offence (i.e. which could be tried at the Crown Court) neither conviction will become spent until longest period expires. Cautions, reprimands and final warnings are not considered to be convictions and become “spent” immediately unless relevant to “Excepted “posts. A spent conviction will remain on your criminal record. The Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order (NI) 1979 (amended by 1987, 2001 and 2003 Orders) A range of occupations are exempted from the legislation for these posts, applicants MUST disclose information on both “spent” AND “unspent” convictions. The list of posts is extensive and can be summarised as follows: WORK THAT INVOLVES CONTACT WITH CHILDREN OR YOUNG PEOPLE OR VULNERABLE ADULT GROUPS – e.g. provision of health care or social services, work with children such as youth work,
Communications_and_Public_Affairs_Officer_TFT_Equality_Monitoring_and_Criminal_Convictions_Form_Sept17.docx