Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

art. 1(2)(e) table words inserted by Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (Contractual Scheme) 2013 reg. 8(3)
art. 1(2) text amended by Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) 2009 art. 3
art. 1(2) words omitted by Collective Investment Schemes 2019 reg. 49
art. 1(2) words substituted by Public Procurement (Amendments, Repeals and Revocations) 2016 Sch. 2 para. 30(2)
art. 1(2) words omitted by Public Procurement (Amendments, Repeals and Revocations) 2016 Sch. 2 para. 30(3)
art. 1(2) words inserted by Public Procurement (Amendments, Repeals and Revocations) 2016 Sch. 2 para. 30(4)
art. 1(2) text amended by Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) 2009 art. 3
art. 1(2) words omitted by Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Over the Counter Derivatives, Central Counterparties and Trade Repositories) 2013 reg. 29(2)(a)
art. 1(2) words inserted by Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Over the Counter Derivatives, Central Counterparties and Trade Repositories) 2013 reg. 29(2)(b)
art. 1(2) words omitted by Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) 2012 art. 3(1)
art. 1(2) words omitted by Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) 2013 Sch. 2 para. 3(2)(a)
art. 1(2) words inserted by Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) 2013 Sch. 2 para. 3(2)(b)
art. 1(2) words substituted by Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) 2013 Sch. 2 para. 3(2)(c)
art. 1(2) words substituted by Financial Services Act 2012 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) 2013 Sch. 2 para. 3(2)(d)
art. 1(2) words inserted by Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) 2012 art. 3(2)
art. 1(3) words omitted by Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) 2012 art. 3(3)
art. 1(2) words inserted by Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (Contractual Scheme) 2013 reg. 8(2)(a)
art. 1(2) words inserted by Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (Contractual Scheme) 2013 reg. 8(2)(b)
art. 1(2) words inserted by Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) 2014 art. 3(1)
art. 1(2A) inserted by Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) 2014 art. 3(3)
art. 1(3) omitted by Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) 2014 art. 3(2)
art. 1(2) words substituted by Payment Systems and Services and Electronic Money 2017 reg. 4(a)(i)
art. 1(2) words inserted by Payment Systems and Services and Electronic Money 2017 reg. 4(a)(ii)
art. 1(2) words inserted by Central Securities Depositories 2017 Sch. para. 19(2)
art. 1(2) words substituted by Financial Services Act 2021 (Overseas Funds Regime and Recognition of Parts of Schemes) (Amendment and Modification) 2024 reg. 7(2)
art. 1(2) modified by Financial Services Act 2021 (Overseas Funds Regime and Recognition of Parts of Schemes) (Amendment and Modification) 2024 reg. 8(2)
art. 1(2) word revoked by Procurement Act 2023 (Consequential and Other Amendments) 2025 Sch. Pt. 2

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1979 and shall come into operation on 1st July 1979.

(2)

In this Order “the Order” means the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978.

(3)

Where, by virtue of this Order, the operation of any of the provisions of the Order is excluded in relation to spent convictions the exclusion shall be taken to extend to spent convictions for offences of every description.

(4)

Part IV of Schedule 1 shall have effect for the interpretation of expressions used in that Schedule.

(5)

In this Order a reference to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as extended or applied by or under any enactment.