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Section 5A Table A – disclosure periods: ordinary casesF1

Scotland

(1)

This is Table A as referred to in section 5(2A)—

TABLE A

Disclosure periods: ordinary cases

Sentence	Disclosure period – aged 18 or over	Disclosure period – aged under 18
A custodial sentence not exceeding 12 months	The term of the sentence plus 2 years	F2Nil (see section 5J(1)(ba))
A custodial sentence exceeding 12 months but not exceeding 30 months	The term of the sentence plus 4 years	The term of the sentence plus 2 years
A custodial sentence exceeding 30 months but not exceeding 48 months	The term of the sentence plus 6 years	The term of the sentence plus 3 years
A fine	12 months	Nil (see section 5J(1)(ba))
A compensation order under section 249 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995	12 months	Nil (see section 5J(1)(ba))
An order for endorsement made by a court in relation to an offence mentioned in schedule 2 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988	5 years	Nil (see section 5J(1)(ba))
Any sentence— (a) not mentioned above in this Table or in Table B, or (b) other than one to which section 5(2D), or any of sections 5C to 5J, applies	12 months	Nil (see section 5J(1)(ba))

(2)

In Table A, “custodial sentence” and “Table B” have the same meanings as given by section 5(12).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 5A inserted (S.) (30.11.2020) by Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 14), ss. 20(2), 63(2) (with s. 37); S.S.I. 2020/245, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)
F2: Words in s. 5A(1) Table A substituted (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 2(3) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch.