Please note that you are not asked to disclose any spent convictions, unless the job you are applying for is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. In accordance with the Exclusions and Exceptions(Scotland) Order 2003, exemptions from the right not to declare spent convictions apply to Advocates and Solicitors, Senior Managers in banking and financial services or trustees of unit trusts and posts regulated by the Financial Services Authority, Actuaries, Precognition Officers and Courts Clerks and Assistants.