Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2013
The position you are applying for has been identified as being an 'eligible position' under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 [the Exceptions Order] and, in certain circumstances, the Police Act 1997. As such, it meets the eligibility criteria for a standard or an enhanced disclosure to be requested through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Both standard and enhanced DBS disclosure certificates contain information about any convictions, cautions (including reprimands and final warnings) which are not 'protected' as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Order) 1975 (as amended). Enhanced disclosures may also include other relevant police information where this is deemed relevant to the position you are applying for.
Please be aware that the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1198) made amendment to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 to provide that certain spent convictions and cautions will become protected when specific conditions are met. Protected convictions and cautions will not be disclosed in a DBS check and employers cannot ask for information about protected convictions or cautions, or take these into account when considering you for appointment.
Before you complete the question(s) below please read guidance and criteria for the filtering of these convictions and cautions which can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website at:
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service
Where the position has, in addition, been identified as a regulated activity under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (2006) (as amended by the Protection of Freedom's Act 2012) an enhanced DBS disclosure will include information which is held on the Children's and/or Adults barred list(s), as applicable to the position.
Please note that you do not need to tell us about convictions, cautions, warnings or reprimands which are deemed 'protected' under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 as amended by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2013 - see notes above. You also are not required to tell us about parking offences.
Are you currently bound over, or do you have any convictions or cautions (including warnings and reprimands) which are not deemed 'protected' under the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, issued by a Court or Court-Martial in the United Kingdom or in any other country?