Lied on CRB form

[PaulSabin]

3 years ago I was in court and convicted of DD40. I received a two year driving ban and community service. I recently filled in a CRB form and said I no unspent convictions. I could not find any information about spent convictions on the internet....but reading a link here I interpret the information that I indeed DO have an unpsent conviction.

http://www.lawontheweb.co.uk/rehabact.htm#< 2>

Because I did community service does this mean I have 5 years until it is spent? Sorry to seem stupid but I have had conflicting information.

And what are the implications of lying on the CRB form? I didn't mean to.

[thugulike]

You should contact the organisation who requested the CRB check and come clean. Explain that you misunderstood and didn't intentd to decieve. Much depends on what the offence was and what the job is. Not sure what a DD40 is. Normally driving offences don't count as criminal convistions but if you did community service then it was more than just a driving offence?

[New Judge]

DD40 is Dangerous Driving.

This is a serious offence for which the maximum penalty is two years imprisonment and would certainly be shown on a CRB check.

Provided you were over 18 at the time of conviction, the �rehabilitation� period for somebody receiving a community penalty is five years and you must declare this offence when asked within that period. If you were under 18 the period is two and a half years. A conviction involving a driving ban becomes spent when either the period of the ban has expired or the period relating to the substantive sentence (in your case the community penalty) � whichever is the longer - has expired.

Some areas of employment are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. The main exceptions are jobs working with children or vulnerable adults, certain posts in areas of health, pharmacy and the administration of justice, senior positions in the finance industry, and jobs involving national security. In these cases all convictions, whether spent or not, must be disclosed.