Regulation 5 Amendment of Police (Scotland) Regulations 2004

In regulation 8 (business interests)–

(a)

in paragraph (5)–

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a) for “of employment” substitute “or employment”;

(ii)

in sub paragraph (c) after “constable ” insert “or”;

(iii)

in sub-paragraph (d) after “spouse (not being separated from that person)” insert “, civil partner (not being separated from that person) or cohabitant (not being separated from that person)”;

(b)

in paragraph (6)–

for “sister or spouse (not being separated from that person)” substitute “sister, spouse (not being separated from that person), civil partner (not being separated from that person) or cohabitant (not being separated from that person)”; and

(c)

after paragraph (6) insert–

“(7)

For the purpose of this regulation, “cohabitant”^f1 means a member of a couple consisting of–

(i)

a man and a woman who are living together as if they were husband and wife; or

(ii)

two persons of the same sex who are living together as if they were civil partners.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: A similar definition of “cohabitant” is found in section 25(1) of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 2).