Who defines which jobs are excepted by the Act?
The Act provides that there are some situations in which people will be expected to declare their convictions, even if they are spent. Some of the principal ones are: • Appointment to any post providing accommodation, care, leisure and recreational facilities, schooling, social services, supervision or training to people aged under 18. Such posts include teachers, school caretakers, youth and social workers, child minders. • Employment involving providing social services to elderly people, mentally or physically disabled people, alcohol or drug misusers or the chronically sick. • Appointment to any office or employment involving the administration of justice, including police officers, probation officers, traffic wardens. • Admission to certain professions that have legal protection (including lawyers, doctors, dentists, nurses, chemists, and accountants). In the community transport field it is now accepted that drivers and passenger assistants can be excepted under the Act, if they ha
