# The Police (Efficiency) (Scotland) Regulations 1996, Regulation 22: Amendment of the Police (Scotland) Regulations 1976


(1) Regulation 14 of the Police (Scotland) Regulations 1976 is amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 14(2)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (h), before the word “punishments” there are inserted the words “disposals or”; and
(b) the proviso is omitted.
(3) After regulation 14(2) there is inserted the following paragraph:—
“(2A) The chief constable shall cause to be expunged from the personal record—
(a) any record of punishment made in terms of the Discipline Regulations after 3 years free from punishment other than a caution;
(b) any record of a disposal made in terms of the Police (Conduct) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 after 3 years free from any disposal other than a caution; and
(c) in the case of any proceedings taken against the constable under the Police (Efficiency) (Scotland) Regulations 1996, any record of proceedings (including any disposal made under those Regulations) after 2 years have elapsed since the date of the last event to take place in terms of those Regulations in relation to any proceedings taken against the constable.”.
(4) For paragraph (3) of regulation 14 there is substituted the following paragraph:—
“(3) Where any such record as is mentioned in paragraph (2A) is expunged from a constable’s personal record, so much of that personal record as relates to any such record shall be destroyed and a new part made out so as not to disclose that the expunged record existed.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1643/regulation/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-efficiency-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-22
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