{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-senior-officers-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-25",
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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/25",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Decision of police authority",
  "text": "(1) When the police authority have received the report of the tribunal in terms of regulation 23(1), or where they have determined to deal with the case in terms of regulation 12(2), the police authority shall decide either to dismiss the case or—\n(a) to record a finding of guilt but to take no further action thereon; or\n(b) to record a finding of guilt and impose a punishment.\n(2) As soon as possible after the police authority have taken their decision in the case that decision shall be recorded on the discipline form and notified in writing to the accused, and when the accused is not a chief constable the decision shall be notified in writing to the chief constable of the police force concerned.\n(3) When the hearing arises out of a complaint made by a member of the public, the finding of the police authority, but not the punishment imposed, shall be communicated to the complainer.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1645/regulation/25",
    "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."
}