# The Police Service of Scotland (Conduct) Regulations 2013, Paragraph 6


(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies to an individual who—
(a) before 1st April 2013, was appointed under regulation 5(4) of the 1996 Regulations as an investigating officer in relation to a case in relation to which those Regulations continue to have effect by virtue of paragraph 3; and
(b) is—
(i) a transferred constable; or
(ii) engaged in service as a constable of the Police Service by virtue of paragraph 8(2) of schedule 5 to the Act.
(2) An individual to whom this sub-paragraph applies is to continue to be the investigating officer in relation to the case in relation to which that individual’s appointment was made.
(3) Sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) apply where an individual appointed before 1st April 2013 to act as the investigating officer in relation to a case in relation to which the 1996 Regulations continue to have effect by virtue of paragraph 3 is not—
(a) a transferred constable; or
(b) engaged in service as a constable of the Police Service by virtue of paragraph 8(2) of schedule 5 to the Act.
(4) Where this paragraph applies, the deputy chief constable must appoint a constable of at least the rank of inspector and of at least the rank of the constable under investigation to replace as investigating officer the individual who has not transferred to the Police Service.
(5) Anything done before 1st April 2013 by or in relation to an investigating officer who has not transferred to the Police Service is, on and after that date, to be treated as having been done by or in relation to the constable appointed to replace that investigating officer.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/60/schedule/2/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-scotland-conduct-regulations-2013/schedule-2/paragraph-6
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