The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2013 No. 50

Exclusion of section 4(1) of the Act S

3.— [F1 (1)] The application of section 4(1) of the Act is excluded in relation to—

(a) any proceedings specified in Schedule 1; and

(b) any proceedings with respect to a decision or a proposed decision specified in Part 1 of Schedule 2—

(i) to the extent that there falls to be determined in those proceedings any issue relating to a spent conviction or to circumstances ancillary thereto; and

(ii) to the extent that section 4(1) renders inadmissible any evidence relating to the conviction or circumstances or removes the requirement to answer any question relating to the conviction or circumstances.

[F2 (2) But the application of section 4(1) of the Act is not excluded in relation to any [F3 non-disclosable conviction or non-disclosable children’s hearing outcome], or any circumstances ancillary to such a conviction [F4 or outcome], in relation to—

(a) proceedings specified in paragraphs 1, F5 ... 6, 8, 9, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 25 or 28 of Schedule 1; or

(b) proceedings specified in paragraph (1)(b).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 3 renumbered as art. 3(1) (10.9.2015) by The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/329), arts. 1(1), 3(2)

F2 Art. 3(2) inserted (10.9.2015) by The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/329), arts. 1(1), 3(3)

F3 Words in art. 3(2) substituted (1.4.2025) by The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/77), arts. 1(1), 5(a); S.S.I. 2025/27, sch.

F4 Words in art. 3(2) inserted (1.4.2025) by The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/77), arts. 1(1), 5(b); S.S.I. 2025/27, sch.

F5 Word in art. 3(2)(a) omitted (28.2.2020) by virtue of The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/45), arts. 1(2), 2(2) (with art. 3(1))

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 3 in force at 14.2.2013, see art. 1(1)