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Currently yes. The reasons for this are as follows:

• The Criminal Records Disclosure is similar to a MOT test on your car. It is accurate on the day of issue. A time period will have passed since the applicant received their previous disclosure so The Association needs to ensure that the check is up to date.
• The Scout Association requires that an Enhanced Disclosure is undertaken. Other organisations may not have have required this level of check.
• The disclosure is not itself proof of identity. If a person is trying to join for inappropriate motives, they may have gained the check by a similar manner. Undertaking the process helps to ensure that several items of identity are checked.
• The criminal records disclosure application form is also used so that the Records Department can undertake their own internal records check.
• A criminal records check helps to reassure the parents, that we take the safety of their children very seriously and do all within our power to keep them safe.