{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/right-to-information-suspects-and-accused-persons-scotland-regulations-2014/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/right-to-information-suspects-and-accused-persons-scotland-regulations-2014/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2014/159",
  "legislation_title": "The Right to Information (Suspects and Accused Persons) (Scotland) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/right-to-information-suspects-and-accused-persons-scotland-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, a person is in police custody if the person has been arrested by a constable in connection with an offence, except where arrested under the Extradition Act 2003, and is in custody in a police station or other premises.\n(2) In these Regulations—\n“chief constable” means the constable appointed to the office of chief constable under section 7(1)(a) of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 ;\n“constable” means a constable of the Police Service of Scotland (as defined by section 99(1) of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012);\n“police staff” means staff appointed under section 26(1) of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012;\n“the Directive” means Directive 2012/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the right to information in criminal proceedings .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 2(1) substituted (25.1.2018) by The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential and Supplementary Modifications) Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/452), reg. 1, sch. para. 17 (with reg. 2(2))."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2012 asp 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "OJ L 142 1.6.2012, p.1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/159/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:34:48.004594+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."
}