Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

Means that ‘spent’ convictions need not be disclosed to insurers as material facts. The rehabilitation period is five years for non-custodial sentences, seven years for custodial sentences exceeding 6 but not exceeding 30 months. Sentences over 30 months do not become ‘spent’. An agent or previous insurer who is aware of a spent conviction must not disclose it.

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