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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-scotland-conduct-amendment-regulations-2026/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2026/276",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Service of Scotland (Conduct) Amendment Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-scotland-conduct-amendment-regulations-2026",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Revocation, transitional and saving provisions",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), Part 4 and schedule 2 of the Special Constables Regulations are revoked.\n(2) Part 4 and schedule 2 of the Special Constables Regulations continue to have effect on and after 26 November 2026 as they had effect immediately before that date, in cases where—\n(a) it can reasonably be inferred from a report, allegation or complaint made before 26 November 2026 that any conduct of a special constable to whom those Regulations applied may amount to misconduct and any proceedings under those Regulations in relation to that report, allegation or complaint have not been concluded before that date,\n(b) it can reasonably be inferred from a report, allegation or complaint made on or after 26 November 2026 that any conduct of a special constable to whom those Regulations applied occurring before that date may amount to misconduct.\n(3) In paragraph (2), “misconduct” has the meaning given by regulation 2 and schedule 2 of the Special Constables Regulations as they had effect immediately before 26 November 2026.\n(4) Despite the amendments made to the Special Constables Regulations by schedule 1 of these Regulations, the Special Constables Regulations continue to have effect on and after 26 November 2026 as they had effect immediately before that date, in cases where—\n(a) it can reasonably be inferred from a report, allegation or complaint made before 26 November 2026 that any conduct of a special constable to whom those Regulations applied may amount to misconduct and any proceedings under those Regulations in relation to that report, allegation or complaint have not been concluded before that date,\n(b) it can reasonably be inferred from a report, allegation or complaint made on or after 26 November 2026 that any conduct of a special constable to whom those Regulations applied occurring before that date may amount to misconduct.\n(5) In paragraph (4), “misconduct” has the meaning given by regulation 2 and schedule 2 of the Special Constables Regulations as they had effect immediately before 26 November 2026.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2013/43 as amended by S.S.I. 2013/122, S.S.I. 2013/125, S.I. 2019/745 and these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/276/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:28:53.201218+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."
}