# The Police (Discipline) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1987, Regulation 6: Amendments to principal Regulations


For regulation 10 of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following regulation:—
“Arrangements for the hearing
10 (1) The deputy chief constable shall make all necessary arrangements for the hearing of the charge before the chief constable and shall determine the time, date and place of the hearing.
(2) The deputy chief constable shall give notice to the accused specifying the time, date and place of the hearing.
(3) When the accused has intimated that he wishes to be represented or assisted at the hearing by a member of a police force other than his own, the deputy chief constable shall inform the chief constable of that other force of that intimation and shall give notice of the time, date and place of the hearing.
(4) Where the hearing arises out of a complaint by a member of the public, the deputy chief constable shall, if the accused has denied the charge or any part thereof, give notice to the complainer specifying the time, date and place of the hearing and shall draw the complainer’s attention to the provisions of regulation 12(9).
(5) The deputy chief constable shall take all reasonable steps to secure the attendance at the hearing of any witnesses required in connection with the case against the accused, and any witnesses whose attendance the accused has requested the deputy chief constable to take steps to secure.
(6) In any case in which in terms of this regulation the deputy chief constable is required to give notice to any person, such notice shall be given so as to be received not less than 21 days prior to the hearing of the charge by the chief constable.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2226/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-discipline-scotland-amendment-regulations-1987/regulation-6
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