{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-efficiency-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-efficiency-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1643",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Efficiency) (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-efficiency-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Arrangement of an inefficiency hearing",
  "text": "A constable or personnel officer authorised for the purpose shall, not less than 21 days before the date fixed for the hearing, send a notice in writing to the constable—\n(a) requiring him to attend an inefficiency hearing at a specified time and place;\n(b) stating the reasons why the hearing is required;\n(c) informing him that he may be represented—\n(i) either by an advocate or a solicitor; or\n(ii) by a constable of a police force selected by him who may be a representative of an association representing constables; and\n(d) warning him of the powers to make a disposal which are available to the chairman of the inefficiency hearing in the event that the chairman finds that the constable’s performance has been unsatisfactory.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1643/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:40:39.628199+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."
}