# The Police Service of Scotland (Conduct) Amendment Regulations 2026, Regulation 7: Legal representation


In regulation 7 (legal representation)—
(a) for paragraph (1), substitute—
“(1) The constable is, in accordance with this regulation, entitled to be legally represented by a solicitor or advocate of the constable’s choice at any—
(a) misconduct pre-hearing,
(b) misconduct hearing,
(c) accelerated misconduct hearing, or
(d) appeal hearing, provided that the appeal relates to the outcome of a misconduct hearing or accelerated misconduct hearing.”,
(b) in paragraph (2)—
(i) after “conducting”, insert “the misconduct pre-hearing,”,
(ii) after “misconduct hearing”, insert “, the accelerated misconduct hearing”,
(c) after paragraph (3), insert—
“(4) The constable’s legal representative may not answer any question asked of the constable during any hearing which the constable attends under these Regulations.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/276/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-scotland-conduct-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-7
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