Drink driving conviction

davholla

Can someone who was convicted of drink driving in the past (more than 10 years ago) become a minicab driver? I think after searching on line you can but I am not 100% sure.

Talc1234

Would you want someone with a drink driving conviction driving your children?

pappa_golf

however the conviction would disappear from their record after 11 yrs , are a cab Co or the local council (issuing cab licences) allowed to go back this far?


a normal basic disclosure search does not reveal this after 5 yrs , would an enhanced one?

shaun_from_Africa

Talc1234 wrote: »

Would you want someone with a drink driving conviction driving your children?

Why not?
Provided that it was a fair time ago and the person concerned had learn their lesson and no longer broke the law in this way, they will be as safe, if not safer than many other drivers who hadn't broken the law (or maybe some of them had, just that they hadn't been caught).

Talc1234

pappa_golf wrote: »

a normal basic disclosure search does not reveal this after 5 yrs , would an enhanced one?

All convictions, cautions and warnings remain on a CRB for life. There is an exception for convictions being removed from the criminal record certificate if:

For those 18 or over at the time of the offence:

• 11 years have elapsed since the date of conviction; and
• It is the person’s only offence, and
• It did not result in a custodial sentence

If you are working in a profession requiring an enhanced CRB (i.e. Teacher) you are still required to disclose a DD conviction irrespective of whether it remains on the Enhanced CRB or not

Silver-Surfer_2

Talc1234 wrote: »

All convictions, cautions and warnings remain on a CRB for life. There is an exception for convictions being removed from the criminal record certificate if:

For those 18 or over at the time of the offence:

• 11 years have elapsed since the date of conviction; and
• It is the person’s only offence, and
• It did not result in a custodial sentence

If you are working in a profession requiring an enhanced CRB (i.e. Teacher) you are still required to disclose a DD conviction irrespective of whether it remains on the Enhanced CRB or not

So it will be off his record and he's not a teacher so should be ok.

Car_54

Talc1234 wrote: »

All convictions, cautions and warnings remain on a CRB for life. There is an exception for convictions being removed from the criminal record certificate if:

For those 18 or over at the time of the offence:

• 11 years have elapsed since the date of conviction; and
• It is the person’s only offence, and
• It did not result in a custodial sentence

If you are working in a profession requiring an enhanced CRB (i.e. Teacher) you are still required to disclose a DD conviction irrespective of whether it remains on the Enhanced CRB or not

Are you sure that info is up-to-date? The CRB check was superseded by the DBS several years ago.

pogofish

A few years back, the council here decided that a current drink driving conviction was insufficient to bar you from holding a taxi licence, so if other authorities take the same view, its probably no great obstacle!

Tiddlywinks

It's the 'fit and proper person' test that is important here:

https://www.gov.uk/taxi-driver-licence/outside-london

Talc1234

Car_54 wrote: »

Are you sure that info is up-to-date? The CRB check was superseded by the DBS several years ago.

yes, I'm a teacher. Name has changed to DBS but there is still a standard and enhanced certificate and the rules I posted are up to date

Marvel1

Talc1234 wrote: »

Would you want someone with a drink driving conviction driving your children?

It it happened once and was 10 years ago and they learnt their lesson then yes. I'm more worried about the ones you see daily on their mobile phones, speeding, cutting other drivers up. Also the same drive around roundabouts who drive literally straight on second exit.