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Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001

S.R. 2001/248 · Made 21 June 2001

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REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS

Made 21st June 2001

To be laid before Parliament

Coming into operation 14th August 2001

The Secretary of State in pursuance of Articles 5(4) and 8(4) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978f1 hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1978/1908 (N.I. 27)

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Amendment of the 1979 Order
  3. 3Amendment of the 1979 Order
  4. 4Amendment of the 1979 Order
  5. 5Amendment of the 1979 Order
  6. 6Amendment of the 1979 Order
  7. Signature
  8. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 14th August 2001.

(2)

In this Order “the 1979 Order” means the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1979f1.

2Amendment of the 1979 Order

For article 2(a)(ii) of the 1979 Order there shall be substituted:

“(ii)

of the person to whom the question relates for any office or employment specified in Part II of Schedule 1 or for any work specified in paragraph 12 of Part II of Schedule 1; or”.

3Amendment of the 1979 Order

For article 3(b) of the 1979 Order there shall be substituted:

“(b)

any office, employment or occupation specified in Part II or Part III of Schedule 1 or any other work specified in paragraph 12 of Part II of Schedule 1.”

4Amendment of the 1979 Order

For the heading to Schedule 1 to the 1979 Order there shall be substituted:

“Excepted professions, offices, employments, work and occupations”

5Amendment of the 1979 Order

For the heading to Part II of Schedule 1 to the 1979 Order there shall be substituted:

“Offices, employments and work”.

6Amendment of the 1979 Order

For paragraph 12 of Part II of Schedule 1 to the 1979 Order there shall be substituted:

“12

Any employment or other kind of work which is concerned with the provision of health services and which is of such a kind as to enable the holder to have access to persons in receipt of such services in the course of his normal duties.”

Signature

John Reid

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Northern Ireland Office

21st June 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order amends the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1979 by excepting work which is concerned with the provision of health services and which is of such a kind as to enable the holder to have access to persons in receipt of such services in the course of his normal duties.