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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-senior-officers-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-3",
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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/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Reference of reports etc. to the procurator fiscal",
  "text": "Where a report, allegation or complaint is made from which it may reasonably be inferred that a senior officer has committed a criminal offence, such report, allegation or complaint shall as soon as possible be referred to the procurator fiscal of the sheriff court, and the police authority shall be informed accordingly both of the fact of referral and also as to the matter referred.",
  "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/3",
    "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."
}