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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-senior-officers-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1645",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Conduct) (Senior Officers) (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-senior-officers-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Objections to competency or relevancy of charge",
  "text": "If the accused wishes to make objections to the competency or relevancy of the charge, he shall present them in writing to the tribunal at least 48 hours before the time of the hearing. At the beginning of the hearing, the tribunal shall determine any such objections and, if it upholds those objections, it shall dismiss the charge.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1645/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:40:37.900226+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."
}