Employing security staff: your compliance obligations
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UK Statutory Instrument
1975
United Kingdom
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975
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Approved legal services body manager.
A regulated immigration adviser.
A head of finance and administration of a licensed body....
Any work which is regulated activity relating to vulnerable adults...
A head of legal practice of a licensed body.
Any employment or other work in England or Wales concerned...
CILEx approved manager.
Any work which is regulated activity relating to children within...
Any work done infrequently which, if done frequently, would be...
Any employment or other work that is carried out at...
Any employment or other work which is carried out for...
Any employment or office which is concerned with the management...
The Director General, or any member or member of staff,...
The Service Police Complaints Commissioner, or any member of the...
Home inspector.
The Director and any office or employment in the Revenue...
Chartered management accountant.
Notary public of England and Wales.
Any employment or other work which is normally carried out...
An individual designated under section 2 of the Traffic Management...
Judges’ clerks, secretaries and legal secretaries within the meaning of...
Court officers and court contractors, who in the course of...
Persons who in the course of their work have regular...
Court officers and court contractors, who, in the course of...
Court security officers, and tribunal security officers.
Court contractors, who, in the course of their work, have...
Contractors, sub-contractors, and any person acting under the authority of...
The following persons— (a) Court officers who execute county court...
The Official Solicitor and his deputy.
Persons appointed to the office of Public Trustee or deputy...
Court officers and court contractors who exercise functions in connection...
People working in the Department for Education , the Office...
Any office, employment or other work which is concerned with...
Any office, employment or other work which is of such...
Any work which is normally concerned with the provision of...
The chairman, other members, and members of staff (including any...
Staff working within the Public Guardianship Office, (to be known...
The Commissioner for Older People in Wales, and his deputy,...
The Commissioners for the Gambling Commission and any office or...
Individuals seeking authorisation from the Secretary of State for the...
Any employment or other work where the normal duties
Any office or employment or other work in the Criminal...
Fire and rescue authority employees.
Justice system intermediaries who are commissioned on behalf of His...
Any employment which is concerned with the delivery of electronic...
Registered health care professionals employed or engaged by—
Persons employed for the purposes of, or to assist the...
Registered pharmacy technician.
Firearm certificates and shot gun certificates issued under the Firearms...
Licences issued under section 25 of the Children and Young...
Explosives certificates issued by a chief officer of police pursuant...
Taxi driver licences.
Licences granted under section 8 of the Private Security Industry...
Licences granted under section 4A of the Poisons Act 1972...
Licences granted under regulations made under section 2 of the...
Proceedings in respect of a person's admission to, or disciplinary...
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Proceedings in respect of an application for, or cancellation of,—...
Proceedings in respect of an application for, or suspension or...
Proceedings in respect of an application for, or cancellation of,...
Proceedings in respect of— (a) an application to the chief...
Proceedings by way of appeal against, or review of, any...
Proceedings held for the receipt of evidence affecting the determination...
Proceedings relating to a taxi driver licence.
Proceedings relating to registration under Part II of the Care...
Proceedings relating to registration under Part 1 of the Regulation...
Proceedings relating to registration under Part 4 of the Regulation...
Proceedings under section 11 of the Private Security Industry Act...
Proceedings relating to the grant, amendment, variation, suspension or revocation...
Proceedings before the Court of Appeal or the High Court...
Proceedings before the Parole Board.
Proceedings under section 7D of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act...
The following proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002–...
Proceedings brought before the Football Association , Football League or...
Proceedings before an inquiry caused to be held under section...
Proceedings to determine whether regulation 6(1) (convictions) of the Victims'...
Disciplinary proceedings against a constable.
Proceedings before the Gaming Board for Great Britain.
Proceedings under the Mental Health Act 1983 before any tribunal....
Proceedings under the Firearms Act 1968 in respect of—
Proceedings in respect of the grant, renewal or variation of...
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Proceedings in respect of a direction given under section 142...
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Health care professional.
Barrister (in England and Wales), ... solicitor.
Chartered accountant, certified accountant.
Dentist, registered dental care professional.
Veterinary surgeon.
Nurse, midwife.
Optometrist , dispensing optician.
Registered pharmacist.
Registered teacher (in Scotland).
Any profession to which the Health Professions Order 2001 applies...
Registered osteopath.
Registered chiropractor.
Chartered psychologist.
Actuary.
Registered foreign lawyer.
Chartered legal executive or other CILEx authorised person.
Receiver appointed by the Court of Protection.
The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and any...
Any employment which is concerned with the monitoring, for the...
This Order may be cited as the Rehabilitation of Offenders...
(1) In this Order, except where the context otherwise requires—...
(1) For the purposes of this Order, a caution is...
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), neither section 4(2) of, nor...
(1) Subject to paragraph (1A), neither section 4(2) of, nor...
Neither section 4(2) of, nor paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 2...
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), neither paragraph (b) of section...
(1) Section 4(2) of the Act shall not apply to...
Neither paragraph (b) of section 4(3) of, nor paragraph 3(5)...
(1) Neither section 4(1) of, nor paragraph 3(1) of Schedule...
(1) Neither section 4(2) of, nor paragraph 3(3) of Schedule...
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Disclosure and Barring Service
Provides criminal record checks (Basic, Standard, and Enhanced) for employers and organisations. Maintains the children's and adults' barred lists. Employers in regulated …
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