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Jobs where it is lawful to ask for details of spent convictions

For certain types of employment, it is lawful to ask questions at interview about spent convictions and to reject a person for employment on the grounds of a spent conviction. The list below includes the excluded professions; offices, employments and works; and regulated occupations, as outlined in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (SI 1975/1023) (which was revoked in relation to Scotland on 29 March 2003).