Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.
Change 1
5A Table A – disclosure periods: ordinary cases
(1) This is Table A as referred to in section 5(2A)— TABLE A Disclosure periods: ordinary cases Sentence | Disclosure period – aged 18 or over | Disclosure period – aged under 18 A custodial sentence not exceeding 12 months | The term of the sentence plus 2 years | Nil (see section 5J(1)(ba)) A custodial sentence exceeding 12 months but not exceeding 30 months | The term of the sentence plus 4 years | The term of the sentence plus 2 years A custodial sentence exceeding 30 months but not exceeding 48 months | The term of the sentence plus 6 years | The term of the sentence plus 3 years A fine | 12 months | Nil (see section 5J(1)(ba)) A compensation order under section 249 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 | 12 months | Nil (see section 5J(1)(ba)) An order for endorsement made by a court in relation to an offence mentioned in schedule 2 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 | 5 years | Nil (see section 5J(1)(ba)) Any sentence— not mentioned above in this Table or in Table B, or other than one to which section 5(2D), or any of sections 5C to 5J, applies | 12 months | Nil (see section 5J(1)(ba)) (2) In Table A, “custodial sentence” and “Table B” have the same meanings as given by section 5(12).
5A Table A – disclosure periods: ordinary cases
(1) This is Table A as referred to in section 5(2A)— TABLE A Disclosure periods: ordinary cases Sentence | Disclosure period – aged 18 or over | Disclosure period – aged under 18 A custodial sentence not exceeding 12 months | The term of the sentence plus 2 years | Nil (see section 5J(1)(ba)) A custodial sentence exceeding 12 months but not exceeding 30 months | The term of the sentence plus 4 years | The term of the sentence plus 2 years A custodial sentence exceeding 30 months but not exceeding 48 months | The term of the sentence plus 6 years | The term of the sentence plus 3 years A fine | 12 months | Nil (see section 5J(1)(ba)) A compensation order under section 249 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 | 12 months | Nil (see section 5J(1)(ba)) An order for endorsement made by a court in relation to an offence mentioned in schedule 2 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 | 5 years | Nil (see section 5J(1)(ba)) Any sentence— not mentioned above in this Table or in Table B, or other than one to which section 5(2D), or any of sections 5C to 5J, applies | 12 months | Nil (see section 5J(1)(ba)) (2) In Table A, “custodial sentence” and “Table B” have the same meanings as given by section 5(12).
One line that says what changes, such as "Halve the dog tax".
Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.
A proposal here is not law. Support on Solon is evidence that people want the change; the official route says what it takes to make it law.
Sign in to file your proposal. What you have written stays on this page.
Sign in to file itThink it through
Ask what your change would do, who would gain and who would bear a cost, and where something like it is already law. The assistant reads your draft as it stands, cites the law and the studies it finds, and takes no side. What you file stays yours.