What is enhanced disclosure Scotland

Information on an enhanced disclosure

An enhanced disclosure shows criminal history information, including:

• unspent convictions
• relevant spent convictions
• unspent cautions
• inclusion on children's or adults' lists (if it's relevant to the job)
• other relevant information held by the police
• information from the Sex Offenders Register

Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, some criminal convictions can be treated as 'spent' – meaning they're not relevant to certain types of disclosure – after a certain length of time.

A disclosure check will not have an expiry date and there is no specific period for which they are valid. However, a criminal record check is only as good as the day it’s printed. Any information can be added to an applicant’s record after the issue date of the Certificate which would not be included on the Certificate.