WORKING WITH CONVICTIONConsider this: the Irish Spent Convictions legislation (properly known as the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016 that came into force in 2016, followed hot on the heels of the UK legislation, passed… some 42 years ago (the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974).So we certainly …Read More
Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016
Vetting and the Self-Employed
Matthew Holmes is a practising barrister and has written for the Irish Times, the Bar Review, and the Law Society Gazette, amongst other publications. He is the author of the Nutshells on Administrative Law, the Nutshells on EU law, and the forthcoming Nutshells on …Read More
What are ‘excluded offences’ under the vetting legislation?
Caesar and Brutus. Romeo and Juliet. Sometimes two things are just inextricably linked to each other. And that’s the same in what we’re looking at today: “Section 14A” & “Schedule 3” – excluded offences under the vetting legislation.Section 14A & Schedule 3 depend on each other in …Read More
Retrospective Vetting
Section 21 of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016 – the new Irish vetting legislation, known until now as Garda vetting – deals with the retrospective vetting of people currently in your organisation. Section 21 sets out the new statutory …Read More
Assessment and Use of Vetting Disclosures
We’re taking a look today at section 16 of the vetting legislation which deals with the procedures for vetting disclosures.In particular, section 16 of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016 – the new Irish vetting legislation, known until now as …Read More
As Crimes Go Bye
This essay by Matthew Holmes first appeared in the Law Society Gazette and is republished with the kind permission of the editor of the Law Society Gazette. Matthew Holmes is Lecturer in DIT and a practising barrister. …Read More
