{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-scotland-conduct-regulations-2014/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-scotland-conduct-regulations-2014/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2014/68",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Service of Scotland (Conduct) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-scotland-conduct-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations apply only in relation to conduct on the part of constables below the rank of assistant chief constable.\n(2) These Regulations do not apply in relation to—\n(a) conduct occurring before 1st April 2014;\n(b) conduct on the part of any person engaged in service as a constable of the Police Service—\n(i) under arrangements made under section 16 of the Act; or\n(ii) by virtue of paragraph 8(2) of schedule 5 to the Act; or\n(c) conduct of a special constable appointed under section 9 of the Act.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 1.4.2014, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2026/276",
      "affecting_title": "The Police Service of Scotland (Conduct) Amendment Regulations 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/68/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:35:54.435299+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."
}