{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-scotland-performance-regulations-2014/regulation-2",
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  "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/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\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“chairing constable” means the person appointed to act as chairing constable at a performance hearing or, as the case may be, further performance hearing;\n“disposal” means any of the actions mentioned in regulation 40(1);\n“extended final improvement notice” means a final improvement notice extended under regulation 40(1)(c);\n“extended final improvement period” means the period specified by the chairing constable under regulation 40(4)(a)(i);\n“final improvement notice” means a notice prepared under regulation 25(2)(a);\n“final improvement period” has the meaning given by regulation 24(6)(c);\n“first improvement notice” means a notice prepared under regulation 16(2)(a);\n“first improvement period” has the meaning given by regulation 15(7)(c);\n“first line manager” means the constable or the member of the police staff with immediate supervisory responsibility for the constable;\n“further performance hearing” means a hearing arranged under regulation 42 to consider the constable’s performance following a performance hearing;\n“human resources professional” means a member of the police staff who has responsibility for personnel matters relating to the Police Service;\n“improvement notice” includes a first improvement notice, a final improvement notice and an extended final improvement notice;\n“improvement period” means the period within which the constable’s performance is required to improve specified in an improvement notice and includes a first improvement period, a final improvement period and an extended final improvement period (see regulation 10);\n“performance appeal meeting” means a meeting arranged under regulation 19 to consider an appeal by the constable against the finding and outcome of a performance meeting;\n“performance hearing” means a hearing arranged under regulation 33 to consider the constable’s performance following a progress meeting;\n“performance meeting” means a meeting arranged under regulation 14 to consider a constable’s performance;\n“person determining the appeal” means the senior officer appointed by the deputy chief constable under regulation 45(2) to determine an appeal under regulation 44;\n“police adviser” means a constable appointed to give advice on the proceedings to—\n(a) the first line manager at a performance meeting;\n(b) the second line manager at a performance appeal meeting or a progress meeting;\n(c) the senior manager at a progress appeal meeting; or\n(d) the chairing constable at a performance hearing or a further performance hearing;\n“police representative” must be construed in accordance with regulation 6;\n“progress appeal meeting” means a meeting arranged under regulation 28 to consider an appeal by the constable against the finding and outcome of a progress meeting;\n“progress meeting” means a meeting arranged under regulation 23 to consider the constable’s performance following a performance meeting;\n“second line manager” means—\n(a) in a case where the constable holds the rank of chief superintendent, an assistant chief constable, or a member of the police staff at least equivalent to the rank of assistant chief constable, designated for that purpose by the constable’s senior manager; or\n(b) in any other case, a constable or a member of the police staff who has immediate supervisory responsibility for the first line manager;\n“senior manager” means a constable or a member of the police staff who (in either case) has supervisory responsibility for the second line manager;\n“the Act” means the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012;\n“the constable” means, unless the context otherwise requires, a constable to whom these Regulations apply and whose performance is being assessed in accordance with these Regulations;\n“validity period” means the period for which an improvement notice is valid (see regulation 10);\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).\n(2) In these Regulations, references to—\n(a) unsatisfactory performance; and\n(b) the performance of the constable being unsatisfactory,\nare references to an inability or failure of the constable to perform the duties of the constable’s role or rank (or both) to a satisfactory standard.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 1.4.2014, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2000 c.7. Section 15 has been amended by Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 (c.21)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/67/regulation/2",
    "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."
}