Rehabilitation of Offenders (Amendment) Bill [HL]

Key Points

• Amends the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 to modify rehabilitation periods.
• Sets out new rules about when offences become spent and what must be disclosed.
• Affects individuals with cautions or convictions and those who handle disclosures (employers, recruiters, and background-check organisations).
• Could influence recruitment, background checks and other disclosures that rely on the spent/not-spent status.
• Originated in the Lords and is at the 2nd reading stage in the Lords.

Progress

The bill is currently at the 2nd reading in the Lords. If supported, it would move on to committee stage and further readings, with a view to eventual passage to the Commons.