Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/53/section/1
Timestamp: 2019-11-18 09:59:29
Document Index: 403923316

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 2', 'art 5', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 4', 'arts 1', 'art. 2', 'art. 3']

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, Section 1 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 18 November 2019. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
s. 1 Title word substituted by 2019 asp 14 Sch. 2 para. 1(3)
s. 1(2) words substituted by 2019 asp 14 Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(a)
s. 1(4) word substituted by 2019 asp 14 Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(c)
(1)Subject to [F1subsection (2) [F1 subsections (2), (5) and (6)]] below, where an individual has been convicted, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, of any offence or offences, and the following conditions are satisfied, that is to say—
[F2(2A) Where in respect of a conviction a person has been sentenced to imprisonment with an order under s. 47(1) of the M1 Criminal Law Act 1977, he is to be treated for the purposes of subsection (2) above as having served the sentence as soon as he completes service of so much of the sentence as was by that order required to be served in prison.]
[F3(2B)In subsection (2)(a) above the reference to a fine or other sum adjudged to be paid by or imposed on a conviction does not include a reference to an amount payable under a confiscation order made under Part 2 or 3 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.]
[F4(za)a surcharge imposed under section 161A of the Criminal Justice Act 2003;]
[F5(c)an order under section 21A of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (criminal courts charge).]
[F6(3A)In subsection (3)(a), the reference to want of sufficient distress to satisfy a fine or other sum includes a reference to circumstances where—
(a)to a conviction by or before a court outside [F7[F8Great Britain [F8Scotland]] [F7 England and Wales]]; and
(b) to any finding (other than a finding linked with a finding of insanity [F9 or, as the case may be, a finding that a person is not criminally responsible under section 51A of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.46)]) in any criminal proceedings F10 . . . that a person has committed an offence or done the act or made the omission charged;
and notwithstanding anything in [F11section 247 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.46)] or [F12section 14 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000][F13or section 187 of the Armed Forces Act 2006] a conviction in respect of which an order is made [F14discharging the person concerned] absolutely or conditionally shall be treated as a conviction for the purposes of this Act and the person in question may become a rehabilitated person in respect of that conviction and the conviction a spent conviction for those purposes accordingly.
[F15(5)This Act does not apply to any disregarded conviction or caution within the meaning of Chapter 4 of Part 5 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.
(6)Accordingly, references in this Act to a conviction or caution do not include references to any such disregarded conviction or caution.]
F1Words in s. 1(1) substituted (E.W.) (1.10.2012) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 134(2) (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 3(o)
F2S. 1(2A) inserted (E.W.) by Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), s. 65(7), Sch. 9 para. 11
F3S. 1(2B) inserted (24.3.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), ss. 456, 458(1), Sch.11 para. 7; S.I. 2003/333, art. 2, Sch. (as amended by S.I. 2003/531); S.S.I. 2003/210, art. 2, Sch. (subject to arts. 3-7)
F4S. 1(3)(za) inserted (1.4.2007) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), ss. 58(1), 60, {Sch. 10, para. 9}; S.I. 2007/602, art. 2(c)
F5S. 1(3)(c) inserted (13.4.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), s. 95(1), Sch. 12 para. 1; S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 78
F6S. 1(3A) inserted (6.4.2014) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 13 para. 38 (with s. 89); S.I. 2014/768, art. 2(1)(b)
F7Words in s. 1(4)(a) substituted (E.W.) (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 para. 2 (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)
F8Word in s. 1(4)(a) substituted (S.) (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 para. 13 (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)
F9Words in s. 1(4)(b) inserted (S.) (with application in accordance with art. 3 of the commencing S.S.I.) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), s. 206(1), sch. 7 para. 8; S.S.I. 2012/160, art. 3, sch.
F10Words in s. 1(4)(b) repealed (E.W.) (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108, Sch. 15; S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
F11Words in s. 1(4) substituted (S.) (28.3.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 24(1), 206; S.S.I. 2011/178, art. 2(1), Sch.
F12Words in s. 1(4) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 47
F13Words in s. 1(4) inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 63; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3; S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4 (and see savings (having effect from 24.4.2009 for specified purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) in S.I. 2009/1059, arts 1(2)(3), 205, Sch. 1 para. 14)
F14Words in s. 1(4) substituted (E.W.) (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 100, Sch. 11 para. 20(a)(c); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.
F15S. 1(5)(6) inserted (E.W.) (1.10.2012) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 134(3) (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2234, art. 3(o)
C1S. 1(2)(a) amended by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), s. 170, Sch. 8 para. 16, Sch. 15 para. 47
C2S. 1(2)(a) amended by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 41, SIF 39:1), ss. 45(2), 47(4)(a)
C3S. 1(2)excluded by Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (c. 22, SIF 39:1), s. 39(3)