{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-discipline-scotland-amendment-regulations-1987/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-discipline-scotland-amendment-regulations-1987/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2226",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Discipline) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-discipline-scotland-amendment-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendments to principal Regulations",
  "text": "After regulation 9 of the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following regulation:—\n“Variation of election on legal representation\n9A (1) In any case in which an accused has elected in terms of regulation 9 not to be legally represented, then the accused may apply in writing to the chief constable to vary the election and shall give notice of any such application to the deputy chief constable.\n(2) In any case in which an accused makes an application under paragraph (1), the deputy chief constable may make representations to the chief constable.\n(3) In any case in which an accused makes an application under paragraph (1), the chief constable may, having considered any representations whether oral or in writing, and if he is satisfied that it is reasonable to do so, permit the accused to vary the election made by him under regulation 9 and, where the chief constable so permits, the accused shall be deemed to have elected to be legally represented under regulation 9.\n(4) In any case in which the chief constable permits variation of an election in terms of paragraph (3), he shall notify the accused and the deputy chief constable accordingly and he may discharge the hearing, and in that case the deputy chief constable shall make all necessary arrangements in accordance with regulation 10 for the case to be heard at a later date.\n(5) The chief constable shall not be entitled to consider any application under paragraph (1) unless it has been received by him not later than 48 hours prior to the date fixed for the hearing of the charge.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2226/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:14:14.235870+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."
}