Section 56 Right to appeal to the First-tier TribunalF3

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

s. 56(1A) inserted by Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Act 2025 s. 10(3)(a)
s. 56(2A) inserted by Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Act 2025 s. 10(3)(b)
s. 56(1A) words substituted by SSI 2025/378 Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(aa) (as inserted) by First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions and Members of the Police Appeals Tribunal) 2026 reg. 2(2)

I1(1)

A constable may appeal to F1the First-tier Tribunal against any decision to dismiss the constable, or to demote the constable in rank, taken in pursuance of regulations made under section 48.

(2)

An appeal is competent only if the constable has exhausted any available process of review or appeal provided for in such regulations.

F2(3)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 56(1) substituted (29.12.2025) by The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions and Members of the Police Appeals Tribunal) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/378), reg. 1(1), sch. 2 para. 1(2)(a) (with sch. 1)
F2: S. 56(3) repealed (29.12.2025) by The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions and Members of the Police Appeals Tribunal) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/378), reg. 1(1), sch. 2 para. 1(2)(b) (with sch. 1)
F3: S. 56 heading substituted (29.12.2025) by The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions and Members of the Police Appeals Tribunal) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/378), reg. 1(1), sch. 2 para. 1(2)(d) (with sch. 1)

Commencement

I1: S. 56(1)(2) in force at 1.4.2013 by S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2

Notes on Chapter 9

Textual amendments

F1: Ch. 9 heading substituted (29.12.2025) by The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions and Members of the Police Appeals Tribunal) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/378), reg. 1(1), sch. 2 para. 1(2)(c) (with sch. 1)