SIA Licence please help!

ashlea170706 · 26 January 2009 at 12:33PM

Hi my partner recently went on his SIA training and we have been waiting for his criminal record check to come through this morning we found out he does have a record but he only got a reprimand 4 years ago for common assault wen he was a schoolboy. He didnt put it down on the application as he didnt realise he had it! Everything else is fine including refrences from his previous job where he was for 2 years and so are the character refences! What we would like to know is if this reprimand is gonna stop him from obtaining his licence! If somebody could please help that will be great! Thanks Ash x

natty16 · 26 January 2009 at 12:45PM

ashlea170706 wrote: »

Hi my partner recently went on his SIA training and we have been waiting for his criminal record check to come through this morning we found out he does have a record but he only got a reprimand 4 years ago for common assault wen he was a schoolboy. He didnt put it down on the application as he didnt realise he had it! Everything else is fine including refrences from his previous job where he was for 2 years and so are the character refences! What we would like to know is if this reprimand is gonna stop him from obtaining his licence! If somebody could please help that will be great! Thanks Ash x

A Reprimand is not a criminal conviction so it may not cause a problem. i found this on the SIA website, which may be of some use.

[URL="javascript:__doPostBack('question0','')"]Does the SIA take into account warning, cautions or convictions committed by juveniles?[/URL]

If offences which you committed as a juvenile remain on your record then we will take them into account as we do any other offence. We will see how relevant, how serious, and how recent they were, but we will also consider your age at the time of the offence.
We will not consider criminal records gained between the ages of 10 and 12 unless they relate to extremely serious offences as originally described in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. We will, however, look at any serious offences committed between the ages of 12 and 15 and all relevant offences if committed between the ages of 16 and 17

it may well be best to try and contact the SIA as you don't want them to fail your partner becuase this was undeclared, as i believe they still keep the fee of £245.