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Skip to main contentSkip to navigationlegislation.gov.ukThe National ArchivesHelpSite MapAccessibilityContact UsCymraegHomeAbout UsBrowse LegislationNew LegislationChanges To LegislationSearch LegislationSearch LegislationTitle: (or keywords in the title)Year:Number:Type:All Legislation (excluding draft)All Primary Legislation UK Public General Acts UK Local Acts Acts of the Scottish Parliament Acts of the National Assembly for Wales Measures of the National Assembly for Wales Church Measures Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Old Scottish Parliament Acts of the English Parliament Acts of the Old Irish Parliament Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain Northern Ireland Orders in Council Measures of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Northern Ireland ParliamentAll Secondary Legislation UK Statutory Instruments Wales Statutory Instruments Scottish Statutory Instruments Northern Ireland Statutory Rules Church Instruments UK Ministerial Orders UK Statutory Rules and OrdersAll Draft Legislation UK Draft Statutory Instruments Scottish Draft Statutory Instruments Northern Ireland Draft Statutory RulesAll Impact Assessments UK Impact AssessmentsSearchAdvanced SearchRehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978You are here:1978 No. 1908 (N.I. 27)Article 6Table of ContentsContentMore ResourcesPrevious: ProvisionNext: ProvisionPlain ViewPrint OptionsWhat VersionLatest available (Revised)Original (As made)Advanced FeaturesShow Geographical Extent(e.g. England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)Show Timeline of ChangesOpening OptionsOpen whole OrderOpen Order without schedulesOpen Schedules onlyMore ResourcesOriginal Print PDFView moreStatus:Prospective version(s) available. Show Timeline of ChangesStatusThe version on screen is currently in force, but there is a version available (prospective version) to show how it could change.The prospective version will remain prospective until a date is appointed by an appropriate person or body to bring those changes into force.To see the prospective version, use the Show Timeline of Changes feature under ‘Advanced Features’.Commencement Orders listed in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ box as not yet applied may bring changes and effects in the prospective version into force.Changes to legislation:There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.Changes to LegislationRevised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the legislation in the affected provisions. Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.Changes and effects yet to be applied to :Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the specific provision you are viewing.art. 6(1)(g)(iii) words inserted by 2012 c. 10 Sch. 22 para. 12Rehabilitation periods for particular sentencesN.I.6.—(1) The sentences excluded from rehabilitation under this Order are—
(c)a sentence of preventive detention; F1. . . (d)a sentence of detention during the pleasure of the [F2Minister in charge of the Department of Justice] or for life, or for a term exceeding thirty months, passed under[F3 Article 45 of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (children] convicted of grave crimes) F4. . . ;
[F5(e)an indeterminate custodial sentence imposed under Article 13 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 or an extended custodial sentence imposed under Article 14 of that Order ,]
[F6(e)a sentence of detention for life, or for a term exceeding thirty months, passed under section 209 of the Armed Forces Act 2006;
(iii)an extended sentence under section 227 or 228 of that Act;]
(a)the rehabilitation period applicable to a sentence specified in the first column of Table A below is the period specified in the second column of that Table in relation to that sentence, or, where the sentence was imposed on a person who was under[F7 eighteen] years of age at the date of his conviction, half that period; and
TABLE ARehabilitation periods (subject to reduction by half for persons under[F7 18]).SentenceRehabilitation periodA sentence of imprisonment or corrective training for a term exceeding six months but not exceeding thirty months.Ten yearsA sentence of cashiering, discharge with ignominy or dismissal with disgrace from Her Majesty's service.Ten yearsA sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.Seven yearsA sentence of dismissal from Her Majesty's service.Seven years[F8Any sentence of service detention within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006, or any sentence of detention corresponding to such a sentence,] in respect of a conviction in service disciplinary proceedings.Five yearsA fine or any other sentence subject to rehabilitation under this Order, not being a sentence to which Table B or any of paragraphs (3) to (8) applies.Five yearsTABLE BRehabilitation periods for certain sentences confined to young offenders.SentenceRehabilitation periodA sentence of Borstal training.Seven yearsA custodial order under Schedule 5A to the Army Act 1955 or the Air Force Act 1955 or under Schedule 4A to the Naval Discipline Act 1957 where the maximum period of detention specified in the order is more than six months.Seven years[F9A custodial order under section 71AA of the Army Act 1955 or the Air Force Act 1955, or under section 43AA of the Naval Discipline Act 1957, where the maximum period of detention specified in the order is more than six months.][F9Seven years]A sentence of detention for a term exceeding six months but not exceeding thirty months passed under[F3 Article 45 of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998][F10or under section 209 of the Armed Forces Act 2006].Five yearsA sentence of detention for a term not exceeding six months passed under[F3 that Article 45][F11or that section 209].Three yearsA custodial order under any of the Schedules to the said Acts of 1955 and 1957, where the maximum period of detention specified in the order is six months or less.Three years[F9A custodial order under section 71AA of the said Acts of 1955, or section 43AA of the said Act of 1957, where the maximum period of detention specified in the order is six months or less.][F9Three years](3) The rehabilitation period applicable to an order discharging a person absolutely for an offence shall be six months from the date of conviction.
[F12(4A) Where in respect of a conviction an order under section 211 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (detention and training order) was made, the rehabilitation period applicable to the sentence shall be—
[F3(b)a juvenile justice centre order under Article 39 of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;
[F13(d)a reparation order under Article 36A of that Order of 1998;
(7) Where in respect of a conviction a hospital order under Part III of the Mental Health[F14 (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (with or without a restriction order)] was made, the rehabilitation period applicable to the sentence shall be the period of five years from the date of conviction or a period beginning with that date and ending two years after the date on which the hospital order ceases or ceased to have effect, whichever is the longer.
(a)F15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)consecutive terms of imprisonment or of detention under[F3 Article 45 of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998][F16 or section 209 of the Armed Forces Act 2006] and terms which are wholly or partly concurrent (being terms of imprisonment or detention imposed in respect of offences of which a person was convicted in the same proceedings) shall be treated as a single term;
[F17(9A) In this Article—
(10) References in this Article to the period during which a probation orderF3. . . is or was in force include references to any period during which any order to which this paragraph applies, being an order made or imposed directly or indirectly in substitution for the first-mentioned order, is or was in force.
(b)to any order having effect under section 25(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 [1969 c.54] as if it were a[F18 supervision order imposing a residence requirement as mentioned in section 12AA of that Act]; and
but no order shall be made under this paragraph unless a draft of it has been laid before, and approved by [F19a resolution of, the Assembly].
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All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.F1Word in art. 6(1)(c) repealed (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383(2), Sch. 16 para. 86(2)(a), Sch. 17 (with savings by Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1059), Sch. 1 para. 17); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4F2Words in art. 6(1)(d) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 4(3), Sch. 2 para. 6(2)(a) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)F31998 NI 9F4Words in art. 6(1)(d) repealed (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383(2), Sch. 16 para. 86(2)(b), Sch. 17 (with savings by Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1059), Sch. 1 para. 17); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4F5Art. 6(1)(e) added (15.5.2008) by virtue of Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1216 (N.I. 1)), arts. 1(4), 102(1), Sch. 5 para. 3; S.R. 2008/217, art. 2, Sch. paras. 16, 18(a) (with art. 3)F6Art. 6(1)(e)-(g) inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378(1), 383(2), Sch. 16 para. 86(2)(c) (with savings by Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1059), Sch. 1 para. 17); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4F72002 c.26F8Art. 6(2) Table A: word in fifth entry substituted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378(1), 383(2), Sch. 16 para. 86(3)(a) (with savings by Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1059), Sch. 1 para. 17); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4F91981 c. 55F10Art. 6(2) Table B: words in fourth entry inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378(1), 383(2), Sch. 16 para. 86(3)(b)(i) (with savings by Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1059), Sch. 1 para. 17); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4F11Art. 6(2) Table B: words in fifth entry inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378(1), 383(2), Sch. 16 para. 86(3)(b)(ii) (with savings by Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1059), Sch. 1 para. 17); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4F12Art. 6(4A)(4B) inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378(1), 383(2), Sch. 16 para. 86(4) (with savings by Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1059), Sch. 1 para. 17); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4F13Art. 6(6)(d)-(f) inserted (8.6.2008) by Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1216 (N.I. 1)), arts. 1(3)(a), 95(1) (with art. 95(2))F141986 NI 4F15Art. 6(9)(a) repealed (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383(2), Sch. 16 para. 86(5)(a), Sch. 17 (with savings by Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1059), Sch. 1 para. 17); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4F16Words in art. 6(9)(c) inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378(1), 383(2), Sch. 16 para. 86(5)(b) (with savings by Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1059), Sch. 1 para. 17); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4F17Art. 6(9A) inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378(1), 383(2), Sch. 16 para. 86(6) (with savings by Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1059), Sch. 1 para. 17); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4F181995 NI 2F19Words in art. 6(13) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 4(3), Sch. 2 para. 6(2)(b) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)Previous: ProvisionNext: ProvisionBack to topOptions/HelpPrint OptionsPrint The Whole OrderPDF The Whole OrderWeb page The Whole OrderPrint This Section onlyPDF This Section onlyWeb page This Section onlyLegislation is available in different versions:Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. 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