# The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2009, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (“the Exceptions Order”).
It confers the right to ask questions regarding spent convictions and spent cautions for the purposes of assessing a person’s suitability for—
regulated activity relating to children and vulnerable adults within the meaning of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006,
working for the Criminal Records Bureau,
obtaining or retaining a licence under regulation 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 (controlled drugs), article 3(2) of Regulation 2004/273/EC or article 6(1) of Regulation 2005/111/EC (drug precursors),
membership of the Master Locksmiths Association.
It also confers the right to ask such questions in relation to offices, employment or other work etc in the Channel Islands where there is corresponding provision in those Islands for the rehabilitation of offenders and the right to ask excepted questions for prescribed purposes.
It also confers the right to ask such questions for the purposes of considering the suitability of a person to pursue the occupation of regulated immigration adviser.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111481028/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974-exceptions-amendment-england-and-wales-order-2009/note
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