Applicants for all posts (including those internally advertised) at the University are required to disclose any previous unspent criminal convictions. Posts in any of the job categories listed below are exempted from the regulations relating to spent convictions and applicants for posts in these categories are required to declare all convictions, regardless of whether they are spent or unspent.
Job categories excepted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) regulations relating to spent convictions.
- Medical practitioner, nurse, midwife
- Medical laboratory technician
- Radiographer, occupational therapist, physiotherapist
- Health services personnel
- Any posts involving schooling or other dealings with young people
Under the ROA, a conviction becomes spent after a defined period of time, depending on the type of conviction. Certain sentences are under the Act can never be spent regardless of when they may have been served. These include any sentence of life imprisonment, any sentence of preventive detention and any sentence of imprisonment, youth custody or corrective training for a term exceeding 30 months. Applications to posts WHICH ARE NOT listed the job categories as being exempt from ROA regulations
Job categories excepted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) regulations relating to spent convictions.
- Medical practitioner, nurse, midwife
- Medical laboratory technician
- Radiographer, occupational therapist, physiotherapist
- Health services personnel
- Any posts involving schooling or other dealings with young people
Under the ROA, a conviction becomes spent after a defined period of time, depending on the type of conviction. Certain sentences are under the Act can never be spent regardless of when they may have been served. These include any sentence of life imprisonment, any sentence of preventive detention and any sentence of imprisonment, youth custody or corrective training for a term exceeding 30 months. Applications to posts WHICH ARE NOT listed the job categories as being exempt from ROA regulations