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Trusted Enhanced Disclosure Driving Instructor approved by the DSA

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The Enhanced Disclosure (termed as an "enhanced criminal record certificate" in Part V of 1997 Act) is available when an exempted question is being asked for a prescribed purpose as set out for certain circumstances specified in regulations 9 to 12 of the Police Act 1997 Criminal Record (Scotland) Regulations 2006 - the "2006 Regulations", although this has been amended. These are mainly posts working with children or adults at risk and those involving certain statutory registration, certification and licensing requirements. It is also available for a number of Crown and judicial appointments under different sections of Part V of the 1997 Act. As with the Standard Disclosure, the Enhanced Disclosure is available, on payment of the appropriate fee, to individuals whose application is countersigned by a person whose name is included in the register held by Scottish Ministers under section 120 of the 1997 Act, and a copy of the Disclosure will be sent to the applicant and the Countersignatory.

Areas where Enhanced Disclosures are available include: The Enhanced Disclosure contains details of both spent and unspent convictions and any cautions (cautions from England, Wales and Northern Ireland) held on central records or it will indicate that there are no such matters held on central records.

In addition to these details, the Enhanced Disclosure may also show any information held on local police records considered by the Chief Constable or Chief Officer to be relevant to the position being sought and which can be disclosed without harming the interests of the prevention or detection of crime. It is entirely up to the Chief Constable or Chief Officer to decide what information is disclosed, if any, in these circumstances.

In respect of an Enhanced Disclosure, the Chief Constable or Chief Officer may also disclose information to the Countersignatory only, that is, information which will not form part of the actual Disclosure. Such information will be sent separately to the Countersignatory and will be withheld from the subject of the Disclosure (that is, the individual applicant) in the interests of the prevention or detection of crime.

For the purposes of section 113C(1)(b)* of the 1997 Act, details of an applicant's inclusion on the children's lists covered in section 113C(3) and which are prescribed in regulation 13 of the 2006 Regulations will be detailed on an Enhanced Disclosure. In this respect, the Enhanced Disclosure will detail whether the subject is either provisionally or fully listed and on which list(s).

For the purposes of section 113D(1)(b)** of the 1997 Act, the details of an applicant's inclusion on the adults' lists covered in section 113D(3) and which are prescribed in regulation 14 of the 2006 Regulations will be detailed on an Enhanced Disclosure. In this respect, the Enhanced Disclosure will detail whether the subject is either provisionally or fully listed and on which list(s).

* Section 163(2) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 inserted section 113C into the 1997 Act
** Section 163(2) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 inserted section 113D into the 1997 Act
Disclosure Scotland is one of three official criminal record disclosure services within the UK; the other two are the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) which provides a service for England & Wales with Disclosures at Standard and Enhanced levels, and AccessNI which provides a service for Northern Ireland with Disclosures at Basic, Standard and Enhanced levels. (Please note that all pieces of legislation and any other source materials quoted above are located on the Publications Page or via the highlighted links where available).