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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rehabilitation-of-offenders-exceptions-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2009/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/173",
  "legislation_title": "Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rehabilitation-of-offenders-exceptions-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2009",
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  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order 1979.\nArticle 3 adds new definitions for EU Directive purposes\nArticle 4 amends Article 2 to allow questions to be asked for EU Direction purposes.\nArticle 5 amends Part II of Schedule I by adding to the list of excepted offices and employments to which exceptions from the rehabilitative provisions of the Order apply.\nAdded to the list are the Director of the Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office and the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland.\nIt also adds “other work” as well as employment to apply the provisions to contracted staff who may not be employed by the excepted offices.\nIt also at Article 3(2) adds to the regulated occupations;\nAny employment or other work in a regulated position as defined by the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.\nAny employment or other work which is concerned with a care position as defined by the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Northern Ireland) order 2003.\nAny employment or other work which is concerned with the monitoring, for the purposes of child protection, of communication by way of the internet.\nTaxi Drivers as licenced by the Department of the Environment.\nLicences granted under section 2 of the Private Security Industry Act 2001.\nArticle 6 adds to the excepted proceedings, Proceedings for Recovery Orders under Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and Revenue (Taxation) Proceedings under Part 6 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.\nThe Order comes into operation on 1st June 2009.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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