The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975

PART IV Interpretation

In this Schedule—

“certified accountant” means a member of the Association of Certified Accountants;

“chartered accountant” means a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales or of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland;

“dealer in securities” means a person dealing in securities within the meaning of section 26(1) of the Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Act 1958;

“firearms dealer” has the meaning assigned to that expression by section 57(4) of the Firearms Act 1968;

“further education” has the meaning assigned to that expression by section 41 of the Education Act 1944 or, in Scotland, section 4 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1962;

“health services” means services provided under the National Health Service Acts 1946 to 1973 or the National Health Service (Scotland) Acts 1947 to 1973 and similar services provided otherwise than under the National Health Service;

“insurance company” has the meaning assigned to that expression by section 85 of the Insurance Companies Act 1974 and, in relation to an insurance company, “director” shall be construed in accordance with that section and “controller” and “manager” shall be construed in accordance with section 7 of that Act;

“judicial appointment” means an appointment to any office by virtue of which the holder has power (whether alone or with others) under any enactment or rule of law to determine any question affecting the rights, privileges, obligations or liabilities of any person;

“proprietor” and “independent school” have the meanings assigned to those expressions by section 114(1) of the Education Act 1944 or, in Scotland, section 145 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1962;

“registered teacher” means a teacher registered under the Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965 and includes a provisionally registered teacher;

“school” has the meaning assigned to that expression by section 114(1) of the Education Act 1944 or, in Scotland, section 145 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1962;

“social services”, in relation to a local authority, means—

(a)

in England and Wales, services provided by the authority in discharging its social services functions within the meaning of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970;

(b)

in Scotland, services provided by the authority in discharging functions referred to in section 2(2) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968;

“teacher” includes a warden of a community centre, leader of a youth club or similar institution, youth worker and, in Scotland, youth and community worker;

“unit trust scheme” has the meaning assigned to that expression by section 26(1) of the Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Act 1958 and, in relation thereto, “manager” and “trustee” shall be construed in accordance with section 26(3) of that Act.