(3) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to a person during an interim period specified under  regulation 14(c)(i).  (4) For the purpose of paragraph (1)(c)(ii)(dd)—  (a) a person is the close relative of someone in service of the Crown if the person is—  (i) the spouse, civil partner or cohabiting partner of the person in service of the Crown;  (ii) a child under the age of 18 of the person in service of the Crown or of a person to  whom sub-paragraph (i) applies;  (iii) a child of the person in service of the Crown who is dependent on that person as a  result of disablement;  (b) a person was an accompanying close relative of a person in service of the Crown if they  were a close relative and living with that person in the same household.  (a) acknowledge the harm suffered by those injured in the Troubles, and  (b) promote reconciliation between people in connection with Northern Ireland’s troubled  past.  (a) has a conviction (whether spent or not), and  (b) that conviction was in respect of conduct which caused, wholly or in part, that incident.  (a) excluded from rehabilitation under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974( a ) as it  applies in England and Wales;  (b) an excluded sentence under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 as it applies in  Scotland, or  (c) excluded from rehabilitation under the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland)  Order 1978( b ).  (5) Paragraph (1)(d) does not apply in any case where a panel considers that the application of  that paragraph would undermine the purposes of this Scheme.  (6) For the purpose of paragraph (5), the purposes of this Scheme are to—  6. —(1) A person is not entitled to victims’ payments in relation to a particular Troubles-related  incident where the person—  (2) A person is not entitled to victims’ payments where the Board considers that the person’s  relevant conviction makes entitlement to victims’ payments inappropriate.  (3) A person is not entitled to victims’ payments where the President of the Board considers that  the exceptional circumstances of the case, having regard to material evidence, make entitlement to  victims’ payments inappropriate.  (4) The Secretary of State may issue guidance to the Board regarding the circumstances in which  a relevant conviction or exceptional circumstances makes entitlement to victims’ payments  inappropriate.  (5) The Board and the President must have regard to any guidance issued under paragraph (4)  when taking a decision under paragraph (2) or (3).  (6) In this regulation, a person has a relevant conviction if, in respect of that conviction, they  received a sentence which is—  (7) Until section 17 of the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019( c ) is in force, the  reference in paragraph (6)(b) to an excluded sentence is be read as a reference to a sentence which  is excluded from rehabilitation.  Convictions  ( a ) 1974 c. 53. ( b ) S.I. 1978/1908 (N.I. 27).  ( c )  2019 asp 14.  6