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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-scotland-amendment-regulations-1999/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1072",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Conduct) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-scotland-amendment-regulations-1999",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations make amendments to the Police (Conduct) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 (“the principal Regulations”).\nIn addition to minor and drafting amendments these Regulations make the following amendments of substance.\nNew provision is made with respect to the power of the assistant chief constable who is in charge of the investigation of the allegation of misconduct to terminate proceedings brought in terms of the Regulations. A new regulation 7A is inserted into the principal Regulations which enables the assistant chief constable to terminate the proceedings at any time before the conclusion of the misconduct hearing if in the light of any new information or event it is no longer appropriate to consider the allegation of misconduct (regulations 3(3) and 5).\nThese Regulations make minor amendments to the provisions regulating procedure at a misconduct hearing (regulations 6, 7 and 8).\nNew provision with respect to the procedure in appeals to the chief constable is made (regulations 9 and 10). The chairman of the misconduct hearing may be provided with a copy of the notice of appeal and is given the opportunity to lodge any relevant documents which have not been submitted by the appellant. The chief constable’s powers in dealing with an appeal are extended. He may now appoint a legal assessor. He is also permitted to adjourn any hearing which he decides to hold to permit the appellant to make oral representations.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1072/note",
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  "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."
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