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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-scotland-regulations-1996/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1642",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Conduct) (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Conduct likely to bring discredit on the police force or service, including–\n(a) insubordination or incivility;\n(b) corrupt practice;\n(c) breach of confidence;\n(d) drinking any intoxicating liquor while on duty or being unfit for duty through such liquor;\n(e) suppression of complaints;\n(f) wilful or careless damage to, or loss of, property belonging to the police authority or within the care of the police;\n(g) disorderly conduct; or\n(h) acting towards, or treating, any person in an oppressive or improper manner.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2004/257",
      "affecting_title": "The Police (Scotland) Regulations 2004"
    }
  ],
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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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