Hi all,
Sorry if this is posted elsewhere but I couldn't find it in any searches.
Does anyone know whether a fixed penalty for speeding (accidental I hasten to add!; resulting in 3 points on my licence and £60 fine in 2005) - an sp30, is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975? and hence should I declare this on applications?
I have had enhanced CRBs (and Disclosure Scotland) before and it has never come up, even when the points were still valid. I called Disclosure Scotland and was told they are "non-recordable" so would not be put on a PVG certificate.
So do they count as a spent criminal conviction? On my counterpart it gives a convicting court code, and date of offence, but the date of conviction has a line through it.
Obviously I don't want to put it down if I don't have to - it doesn't look great, and the prospect of something I did as a teenager haunting me for the rest of my life doesn't exactly fill me with joy. but I wouldn't want to be dishonest, and part of me thinks it is better for them to dismiss it rather than find out later and be subject to dismissal/disciplinary. I take it employers wouldn't be put off too much by this?!
Anyway any thoughts people have would be appreciated, and preferably links to a definitive reliable source.
Many thanks and kind regards, the rehabilitated ex-offender, bw124