# The Police (Discipline) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1987, Regulation 10: Amendments to principal Regulations


For regulation 18 of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following regulation:—
“Limitations on punishments
18 (1) The punishment of dismissal, requirement to resign or reduction in rank shall not be imposed unless the accused has been given an opportunity in terms of regulation 6(2A) to elect to be legally represented at the hearing.
(2) If an accused—
(a) fails without reasonable cause to give notice in accordance with regulation 9 that he intends to be legally represented; or
(b) gives notice in accordance with regulation 9 that he does not intend to be legally represented,
any such punishment as is mentioned in paragraph (1) above may be awarded without his being legally represented.
(3) The punishment of a reduction in the accused’s rate of pay or a fine shall not be imposed for the offence set out in paragraph 13 of the Discipline Code.
(4) The punishment of a reduction in the accused’s rate of pay in respect of any one case, no matter how many are the charges, shall not be such as to reduce the accused’s rate of pay by more than two increments:
Provided always that a reduction in the accused’s rate of pay shall not reduce the accused’s rate of pay below the minimum of the scale of pay for his rank in the police force.
(5) The amount of a fine in respect of any one case, no matter how many are the charges, shall not in the aggregate exceed one week’s pay and shall be recovered by stoppage of pay in amounts not exceeding one-seventh of his weekly pay, except in the event of a constable leaving the force when the whole amount of any fine then unpaid may be deducted from any pay then due.
(6) A fine or reduction in the accused’s rate of pay shall not result in any increment in pay being retarded or withheld.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2226/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-discipline-scotland-amendment-regulations-1987/regulation-10
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