We consider rehabilitation when making a decision on your eligibility for a licence.

Convictions which resulted in imprisonment of longer than 30 months and sentences of life imprisonment will always be taken into account, otherwise:

• As a general rule, convictions where sentence restrictions have ended at least 15 years ago will be disregarded.
• Convictions where sentence restrictions ended prior to a 10 year crime-free period, whenever that crime-free period occurred, will be disregarded, and only convictions, cautions, warnings, absolute/conditional discharges and admonishments since the crime-free period will be taken into account.
• Convictions for offences classified as significant where sentence restrictions have ended at least five years ago will be disregarded.