Hi, thank you both for your responses. I've taken another look at the basic disclosure certificate that was sent to me and the first paragraph reads as follows: "All basic disclosure certificates are issued under section 112 of the Police Act 1997. A certificate either contains information about every conviction of an applicant, or states that there is no such conviction. Conviction takes its meaning from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, but it does not include any spent conviction. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 sets out rehabilitation periods after which convictions may become spent; different rehabilitation periods apply in England Wales and Scotland." What I find confusing is that it states that the listing does not include any spent convictions, but it does list a conditional discharge for 2 years and disqualification relating to animals for 5 years. The convition date was 17/01/2011 and therefore the conditional discharge must therefore be spent?

Hi, I'm new on here, but would greatly appreciate your help. On 17/01/2011 I was given a conditional discharge for 2 years and disqualification relating to animals. I was advised at the time that I could apply after 3 years if I wished to keep any animals. I have recently had a basic disclosure check for a new job and the conditional discharge is still showing on there, along with the disqualification relating to animals. My question is this, should the conditional discharge still show on a basic disclosure, 14 months after it had been spent? I have been working at my new job for a month and I am very concerned that this blemish still showing on my record will affect my chances of keeping my job.