{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-scotland-performance-regulations-2014/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-scotland-performance-regulations-2014/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2014/67",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Service of Scotland (Performance) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-scotland-performance-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "First improvement notices",
  "text": "A first improvement notice prepared under regulation 16(2)(a) must—\n(a) record—\n(i) the respect in which the constable’s performance is considered to be unsatisfactory;\n(ii) the improvement that is required in the constable’s performance; and\n(iii) the length of the first improvement period;\n(b) specify a validity period;\n(c) inform the constable of the circumstances in which attendance at a progress meeting may be necessary; and\n(d) be signed and dated by the first line manager.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 17 in force at 1.4.2014, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/67/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:35:55.200349+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."
}