Check if you need to tell someone about your criminal record
Community service
A court might give you:
- community service (鈥榗ommunity order鈥�) if you鈥檙e 18 or over
- a youth order (鈥榶outh rehabilitation order鈥�) or a referral order if you鈥檙e under 18
For example unpaid work, a curfew or alcohol treatment.
Whether a community, youth or referral order is 鈥榮pent鈥� affects what information you need to give a potential employer, university or college.
When community service becomes spent
Community service becomes spent either:
- on the date it ends
- 2 years after you got it, if there鈥檚 no end date
When a youth order becomes spent
A youth order becomes spent either:
- on the date it ends
- 2 years after you got it, if there鈥檚 no end date
When a referral order becomes spent
A referral order becomes spent on its end date.