Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014 comes into force

Implementation date: 14 April 2014

The order amends the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1979 (SR 1979/195) by introducing a "filtering" scheme whereby some old and minor spent convictions will no longer have to be disclosed and cannot be taken into account in employment decisions in certain circumstances.