Auntie Merge wrote:NBDag wrote:If what he has done is a criminal act. Then where is his criminal record? Simple as that. Everyone from fly tippers to public urinators will get threatened with a prison sentence if they refuse the fine. Because otherwise, what's stopping them from turning around and saying "no I won't pay"?? Crazy this sort of stuff. Almost as if it makes sense
As I understand it, the fact he has been tried and found guilty in a Crown Court gives him a criminal record. It doesn't matter that it's a fine or a prison sentence.
It is referred to as an unspent conviction for a period of time afterwards, meaning he has to declare it.
No, it doesn't. You only have to declare an unspent conviction if it is one that falls within the list of offences set out in the FA Declaration. To quote the FA Declaration:
"I have not been convicted of any of the following off ences, or where I have, this conviction
is now considered spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974:
(a) an offence involving a Dishonest Act;
(b) corruption;
(c) perverting the course of justice;
(d) committing a serious breach of any requirement under the Companies Act 1985 or 2006 or any statutory modi cation or re-enactment thereof;
(e) dishonestly receiving a programme broadcast from within the UK with intent to avoid payment under Section 297 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988; (f) admitting spectators to watch a football match at unlicensed premises under
Section 9 of the Football Spectators Act 1989;
(g) ticket touting under Section 166 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994; (h) conspiracy to commit any of the o ences set out in paragraphs (a) to (g) above; (i) any conviction for a like o ence to any of the above o ences by a competent court
having jurisdiction outside England and Wales.
(j) I am not currently the subject of any current criminal proceedings for any of the
o ences detailed at items (a) to (i) above;
(iv) I am not a Registered O ender and am not required to notify personal information pursuant
to Part 2 of the Sexual O ences Act 2003;
(v) I am not subject to a banning order in accordance with Schedule 1 of the Football Spectators
Act 2000 (or any equivalent provision in any jurisdiction that has a substantially similar
effect);
http://www.thefa.com/-/media/files/thef ... ctors.ashx