The Basic Criminal Record Check returns details of convictions and cautions that are classified as unspent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Basic Criminal Record Checks are not job role specific so can be carried out on any employee with their consent.

Price: £39.50

Typical turnaround time: 10 to 15 working days

Data source: Disclosure Scotland

Information returned: Information on any convictions, reprimands, warnings or cautions classed as unspent:

• The date the disclosure certificate was produced
• The unique reference number of the disclosure certificate
• Whether the disclosure certificate is clear or contains any convictions

Where is this check appropriate?

All positions / All candidates

Other useful information:

• Basic Disclosures can be obtained for any candidate regardless of job role (unlike Standard and Enhanced Disclosures which are job role specific)
• Basic Disclosures contain details of any convictions which are classified as being unspent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The length of time for a conviction to become spent is dependent on the sentence given and the age of the individual at the time the sentence was handed down. For a custodial sentence, the length of time actually served is irrelevant: the rehabilitation period is decided by the original sentence. Custodial sentences of more than 2½ years can never become spent and therefore would always be displayed on a basic disclosure

	Rehabilitation Period
Sentence	People aged 18 or more when convicted	People aged 17 and under when convicted
Prison and young offender institution term of 6 months or less.	7 years	3½ years
Prison and young offender institution term of more than 6 months, up to 2½ years.	10 years	5 years
Fine, compensation, probation (1), community service or combination order (2), action plan, curfew, drug treatment and testing order or reparation order.	5 years	2½ years
Absolute discharge.	6 months	6 months
(1) For people convicted on or after 3 February 1995. Probation Orders are now called community rehabilitation orders. (2) Community service orders are now called community punishment orders. Combination orders are now called community punishment and rehabilitation orders.

	Rehabilitation Period
Sentence	People aged 12, 13 or 14 when convicted	People aged 15, 16 or 17 when convicted
Detention and training order of 6 months or more.	1 year after order ends	3½ years
Detention and training order of more than 6 months.	1 year after order ends	5 years

Sentence	Rehabilitation Period
Probation (1), supervision, conditional discharge and bind over.	1 year or until the order ends (whichever is longer)
Attendance centre order.	1 year after the order ends
Referral Order.	Once the order ends
(1) For people convicted before 3 February 1995.

• To carry out a basic disclosure KYC need to receive clear copies of two documents, one that confirms your candidate's identity and another which confirms their current address. The list of acceptable documents is included with our User Guide in the downloads area of the 'My Account' section of our website
• The candidate will only receive their disclosure certificate from us on occasions where it contains convictions. Where the disclosure certificate is clear we will securely dispose of it. Our customers will see a scanned copy of the certificate in all cases
• The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) produce an online glossary of terms used in criminal record disclosures which you can view on their website - CRB Glossary of Terms
• Criminal Record disclosures produced by Disclosure Scotland or the Criminal Records Bureau only contain information about convictions in the UK. Obtaining criminal records checks overseas will often require your candidate / employee to make the request directly as few countries operate a similar system to the UK. You can view instructions regarding how to obtain criminal record checks overseas by visiting the Security Industry Authority website - Security Industry Authority Overseas Criminal Record Checks