Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 1373
Rehabilitation Of Offenders, England And Wales
The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020
Made
27th November 2020
Coming into force
28th November 2020
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4(4), 7(4) and 10(1) of, and paragraphs 4 and 6(4) of Schedule 2 to, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974( 1 ), makes the following Order.
In accordance with section 10(2) of that Act, a draft of the instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales only.
Amendments to Article 2A to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975
2. —(1) Article 2A of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Order) 1975( 2 ) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1), omit “it was given to a person for an offence other than a listed offence and—”.
(3) In paragraph (1)(a), omit–
(a) “where”, and
(b) “two years or more have passed since the date on which the caution was given”.
(4) In paragraph (1)(b), after “at the time the caution was given”, insert “, it was given to the person for an offence other than a listed offence, and”.
(5) At the end of paragraph (3)(a), insert “and”.
(6) Omit paragraph (3)(c) and the preceding “and”.
Chris Philp
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
27th November 2020
S.I. 1975/1023 . Article 2A was inserted by S.I. 2013/1198 .