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  "legislation_title": "The Police Service of Scotland (Conduct) Regulations 2014",
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  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“appeal hearing” means a hearing held to determine an appeal under regulation 24;\n“appeal notice” means a written appeal notice sent under regulation 24(4);\n“audio recording” means a recording made on any disc, tape or other device on which sounds are recorded so as to be capable of being reproduced;\n“conduct” includes acts and omissions;\n“disciplinary action” means the action mentioned in regulation 22(3);\n“gross misconduct” means a breach of the Standards of Professional Behaviour so serious that demotion in rank or dismissal may be justified;\n“investigator” means a constable appointed under regulation 10(4)(a);\n“improvement action” means action intended to improve the conduct of the constable;\n“misconduct” means, unless the context otherwise requires, conduct which amounts to a breach of the Standards of Professional Behaviour (but does not, unless the context otherwise requires, include gross misconduct);\n“misconduct allegation” means any report, allegation or complaint from which it can reasonably be inferred that any conduct of the constable may amount to misconduct or gross misconduct;\n“misconduct form” means the form sent in accordance with regulation 15(2);\n“misconduct hearing” means a hearing to which a misconduct allegation is referred under regulation 14(3) where the deputy chief constable determines that the constable has a case to answer in respect of misconduct or gross misconduct;\n“misconduct investigation” means an investigation into whether the constable has a case to answer in relation to a misconduct allegation;\n“misconduct meeting” means a meeting to which a misconduct allegation is referred under regulation 14(2) where the deputy chief constable determines that the constable has a case to answer in respect of misconduct;\n“misconduct proceedings” means a misconduct meeting or a misconduct hearing;\n“Performance Regulations” means the Police Service of Scotland (Performance) Regulations 2014;\n“person conducting the misconduct proceedings” means the constable appointed under regulation 16 to conduct the misconduct proceedings;\n“person determining the appeal” means the constable appointed under regulation 25(2) to determine an appeal under regulation 24;\n“police representative” means an individual chosen by the constable in accordance with regulation 6;\n“proved” means established on a balance of probabilities;\n“Standards of Professional Behaviour” means the standards set out in Schedule 1;\n“the 2013 Regulations” means the Police Service of Scotland (Conduct) Regulations 2013;\n“the Act” means the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012;\n“the constable” means, unless the context otherwise requires, a constable in respect of whom a misconduct allegation has been made and who is subject, in relation to that allegation, to any proceedings under these Regulations;\n“working day” means any day other than—\n(a) a Saturday or Sunday;\n(b) a day which is a bank holiday in Scotland within the meaning given by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971; or\n(c) a day which is a public holiday in Scotland; and\n“writing” includes electronic communications within the meaning given by section 15 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 (and “written” is to be construed accordingly).",
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      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 1.4.2014, see reg. 1"
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2014/67."
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2013/60. This instrument has been amended by S.S.I. 2013/125."
    },
    {
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      "text": "2012 asp 8."
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      "text": "1971 c.80. Paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 has been amended by section 1 of the St Andrew’s Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 2)."
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      "text": "2000 c.7. Section 15 has been amended by the Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 (c.21)."
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