What are the consequences of a conviction becoming spent?
12 What are the consequences of a conviction becoming spent?
If a conviction of a person is spent—
the person is not required to disclose to any other person for any purpose information concerning the spent conviction, and
a question concerning the person’s criminal history is taken to refer only to any convictions of the person which are not spent, and
in the application to the person of a provision of an Act or statutory instrument—
a reference in the provision to a conviction is taken to be a reference only to any convictions of the person which are not spent, and
a reference in the provision to the person’s character or fitness is not to be interpreted as permitting or requiring account to be taken of spent convictions.
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