Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
1 Rehabilitated persons and spent convictions.
2 Rehabilitation of persons dealt with in service disciplinary proceedings.
3 Special provision with respect to certain disposals by children’s hearings under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.
4 Effect of rehabilitation.
5 Rehabilitation periods for particular sentences.
6 The rehabilitation period applicable to a conviction.
7 Limitations on rehabilitation under this Act, etc.
8 Defamation actions.
8AProtection afforded to spent cautions
8BProtection afforded to spent alternatives to prosecution: Scotland
9 Unauthorized disclosure of spent convictions.
9AUnauthorised disclosure of spent cautions
9BUnauthorised disclosure of spent alternatives to prosecution: Scotland
10 Orders.
11 Citation, commencement and extent.
Schedule Section 6(4): service disciplinary convictions
1Any conviction for an offence mentioned in this Schedule is...
Provisions of the Army Act 1955 and the Air Force Act 1955
2Any offence under any of the provisions of the Army...
3Any offence under section 68 (attempt to commit military offence)...
4Any offence under section 68 (attempt to commit air-force offence)...
Provisions of the Naval Discipline Act 1957
5Any offence under any of the provisions of the Naval...
6Any offence under section 40 (attempt to commit naval offence)...
Provisions of the Armed Forces Act 2006
7Any service offence within the meaning of the Armed Forces...
SCHEDULE 2Protection for spent cautions
Preliminary
1(1) For the purposes of this Schedule a caution shall...
2(1) In this Schedule “ ancillary circumstances ”, in relation...
Protection relating to spent cautions and ancillary circumstances
3(1) A person who is given a caution for an...
4The Secretary of State may by order—
5Nothing in paragraph 3 affects— (a) the operation of the...
6(1) Section 7(2), (3) and (4) apply for the purposes...
SCHEDULE 3PROTECTION FOR SPENT ALTERNATIVES TO PROSECUTION: SCOTLAND
Preliminary
1(1) For the purposes of this Act, an alternative to...
2(1) In this Schedule, “ ancillary circumstances ”, in relation...
Protection for spent alternatives to prosecution and ancillary circumstances
3(1) A person who is given an alternative to prosecution...
4(1) This paragraph applies where a person (“A”) is asked...
5(1) An obligation imposed on a person (“A”) by a...
6The Scottish Ministers may by order— (a) exclude or modify...
7Paragraphs 3 to 5 do not affect—
8(1) Section 7(2), (3) and (4) apply for the purpose...

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Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

1974 CHAPTER 53

An Act to rehabilitate offenders who have not been reconvicted of any serious offence for periods of years, to penalise the unauthorised disclosure of their previous convictions, to amend the law of defamation, and for purposes connected therewith.