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Amazon Job Application/ Spent Convictions
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brother in law has applied for temporary job at amazon and has been asked to do criminal record check, he has 2 juvenile offences from mid 1970,s and a drink driving from 1998 but as he previously worked in care he has always had to declare these so would he still have to declare these for this job at amazon as it says not to put down spent convictions and he doesnt know if these are classed as spent or not, tia
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so he does NOT have to declare them.
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so he does NOT have to declare them.
It depends on the sentences. However the "rehabilitation period" (the period after which the convictions no longer have to be declared) for offences dealt with by way of a fine is one year (or six months if the offender is under 18). For Conditional Discharges and Referral Orders (the usual youth disposal for minor offences) the conviction is spent when the period of the discharge or order is completed. A DD conviction over twenty years old is certainly spent.
//The OP said 'drink driving', which is spent after 11 years.//
No it isn't.
The "Rehabilitation Period" for all motoring offences which attract an endorsement (but see below) is five years. That's why insurers can only ask you about such convictions for the previous five years. Asking about anything older is illegal. The only time a longer period of rehabilitation would apply is if the driver was disqualified for longer than five years. Then the conviction becomes spent at the end of the disqualification period.
However, driving offences involving excess drugs or alcohol remain active for consideration if a second or subsequent similar offence is committed within ten years of the first. Enhanced minimum mandatory disqualification periods then apply. The endorsement remains on the driver's record for eleven years but that has nothing to do with the rehabilitation period.
Apart from offences which attract custodial sentences of more than four years (which are never spent) the longest rehabilitation period The Rehabilitation of Offenders' Act makes is seven years. That is the period applicable to offences where a custodial sentence of more than thirty months but no more than four years was imposed. All rehabilitation periods mentioned in the Act are reduced by 50% for those convicted when aged under 18.
No it isn't.
The "Rehabilitation Period" for all motoring offences which attract an endorsement (but see below) is five years. That's why insurers can only ask you about such convictions for the previous five years. Asking about anything older is illegal. The only time a longer period of rehabilitation would apply is if the driver was disqualified for longer than five years. Then the conviction becomes spent at the end of the disqualification period.
However, driving offences involving excess drugs or alcohol remain active for consideration if a second or subsequent similar offence is committed within ten years of the first. Enhanced minimum mandatory disqualification periods then apply. The endorsement remains on the driver's record for eleven years but that has nothing to do with the rehabilitation period.
Apart from offences which attract custodial sentences of more than four years (which are never spent) the longest rehabilitation period The Rehabilitation of Offenders' Act makes is seven years. That is the period applicable to offences where a custodial sentence of more than thirty months but no more than four years was imposed. All rehabilitation periods mentioned in the Act are reduced by 50% for those convicted when aged under 18.
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