Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
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8A Protection afforded to spent cautions
(1) Schedule 2 to this Act (protection for spent cautions) shall have effect. (2) In this Act “ caution ” means— (a) a conditional caution, that is to say, a caution given under section 22 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) (conditional cautions for adults) or under section 66A of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) (conditional cautions for children and young persons); (b) any other caution given to a person in England and Wales in respect of an offence which, at the time the caution is given, that person has admitted; (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (d) anything corresponding to a caution ... falling within paragraph (a) or (b) (however described) which is given to a person in respect of an offence under the law of a country outside England and Wales and which is not an alternative to prosecution (within the meaning of section 8AA).
8A Protection afforded to spent cautions
(1) Schedule 2 to this Act (protection for spent cautions) shall have effect. (2) In this Act “ caution ” means— (a) a conditional caution, that is to say, a caution given under section 22 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) (conditional cautions for adults) or under section 66A of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) (conditional cautions for children and young persons); (b) any other caution given to a person in England and Wales in respect of an offence which, at the time the caution is given, that person has admitted; (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (d) anything corresponding to a caution ... falling within paragraph (a) or (b) (however described) which is given to a person in respect of an offence under the law of a country outside England and Wales and which is not an alternative to prosecution (within the meaning of section 8AA).
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