{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-senior-officers-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-senior-officers-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-2.json",
  "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/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation and application",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, namely—\n“the 1967 Act” means the Police (Scotland) Act 1967;\n“the 1990 Regulations” means the Police (Discipline) (Senior Officers) (Scotland) Regulations 1990;\n“complainer” means the member of the public referred to in regulation 14;\n“disciplinary offence” means an act or omission of a senior officer which falls within any of the kinds of conduct described in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;\n“discipline form” means such a form as is mentioned in regulation 6(6);\n“independent solicitor” means a solicitor who is appointed as the independent solicitor in terms of regulation 6(2);\n“investigating officer” means a chief constable who is appointed as an investigating officer in terms of regulation 4;\n“investigation form” means such a form as is mentioned in regulation 4(4);\n“senior officer” means a constable who is a chief constable or an assistant chief constable.\n(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a regulation shall be construed as a reference to a regulation contained in these Regulations and any reference in a regulation to a paragraph shall be construed as a reference to a paragraph of that regulation.\n(3) These Regulations shall apply only—\n(a) in relation to a disciplinary offence on the part of a constable of the rank of chief constable or 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 of any such rank on or after 1st August 1996 may amount to a disciplinary offence; and\n(c) to any case where there is in respect of such a constable a conviction as mentioned in paragraph 13 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": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1990/1017, amended by S.I. 1995/647."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1645/regulation/2",
    "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."
}