Commentary on Sections Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (c.53)
651.The amendment of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 provides that failure to pay a confiscation order prevents a person from being rehabilitated under the 1974 Act. The amendment is one of a number of provisions in the Act to encourage offenders to pay their confiscation orders. Similar amendment is made to the equivalent Northern Ireland legislation the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978.