Because Scottish ministers appoint general commissioners in Scotland, it is appropriate for them to implement changes here, once the necessary powers have been transferred by the order.On the rehabilitation of offenders, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 sets out to make life easier for people who have been convicted of a criminal offence but who have subsequently lived on the right side of the law. If a person does not receive a further conviction by the end of their prescribed rehabilitation period, their conviction becomes spent.