{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974/section-5B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974/section-5B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1974/53",
  "legislation_title": "Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974",
  "path": "section/5B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5B",
  "heading": "Table B – disclosure periods: service disciplinary sentences",
  "text": "This is Table B as referred to in section 5(2C)—\nTABLE B\nDisclosure periods: service disciplinary sentences\nSentence\nDisclosure period – aged 18 or over\nDisclosure period – aged under 18\nA sentence of cashiering, discharge with ignominy or dismissal with disgrace from Her Majesty's service\n10 years\nNil (see section 5J(1)(ba))\nA sentence of dismissal from Her Majesty's service\n7 years\nNil (see section 5J(1)(ba))\nAny sentence of service detention within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006, or any sentence of detention corresponding to such a sentence, in respect of a conviction in service disciplinary proceedings\n5 years\nNil (see section 5J(1)(ba))\nA custodial order under section 71AA of the Army Act 1955 or the Air Force Act 1955, or under section 43AA of the Naval Discipline Act 1957, where the maximum period of detention specified in the order is more than 6 months\n7 years\nNil (see section 5J(1)(ba))\nA custodial order under schedule 5A of the Army Act 1955 or the Air Force Act 1955, or under schedule 4A of the Naval Discipline Act 1957, where the maximum period of detention specified in the order is more than 6 months\n7 years\nNil (see section 5J(1)(ba))\nA sentence of detention for a term exceeding 6 months but not exceeding 30 months passed under section 71A(4) of the Army Act 1955 or Air Force Act 1955, section 43A(4) of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 or section 209 of the Armed Forces Act 2006\n5 years\nNil (see section 5J(1)(ba))\nA sentence of detention for a term not exceeding 6 months passed under section 71A(4) of the Army Act 1955 or Air Force Act 1955, section 43A(4) of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 or section 209 of the Armed Forces Act 2006\n3 years\nNil (see section 5J(1)(ba))\nA custodial order under any of the schedules of the Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act 1955 or the Naval Discipline Act 1957 mentioned above, where the maximum period of detention specified in the order is 6 months or less\n3 years\nNil (see section 5J(1)(ba))\nA custodial order under section 71AA of the Army Act 1955 or Air Force Act 1955, or section 43AA of the Naval Discipline Act 1957, where the maximum period of detention specified in the order is 6 months or less\n3 years\nNil (see section 5J(1)(ba))",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 5B inserted (S.) (30.11.2020) by Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 14), ss. 21(2), 63(2) (with s. 37); S.S.I. 2020/245, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 5B Table B substituted (1.4.2025) by Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 13), s. 97, sch. 5 para. 2(4) (with s. 96); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3(1)(2), sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2021/11",
      "affecting_title": "Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/53/section/5B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:43:00.485474+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}