The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2009The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2009

This Order amends the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2003 (“the principal order”), which makes exceptions to the provisions of section 4 (effect of rehabilitation) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (the Act). The principal order excludes further proceedings and types of work from certain provisions within that section. This order amends Schedule 4 of the principal order to provide that a post in a social care service involving one to one work with adults at risk is excepted from section 4(2)(a), (b) and 4(3)(b) of the Act which relates to the effect of a spent conviction on grounds of dismissal and exclusion of persons from certain types of work.