{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1642",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Conduct) (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Application",
  "text": "These Regulations shall apply only–\n(a) in relation to misconduct on the part of a constable below the rank of assistant chief constable;\n(b) to any report, allegation or complaint from which it may reasonably be inferred that any act or omission which was committed or made by a constable below that rank on or after 1st August 1996 may amount to misconduct; and\n(c) to any case where there is in respect of such a constable a finding of guilt as mentioned in paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 on or after that date, even although the act or omission which constituted the criminal offence of which the constable was found guilty was committed or made before that date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/1072",
      "affecting_title": "The Police (Conduct) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1642/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:40:40.302521+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}