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The Police Appeals Tribunals (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2020

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CitationSSI 2020/454

2020 No. 454

Police

The Police Appeals Tribunals (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2020

Made 18th December 2020

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 22th December 2020

Coming into force 1st March 2021

The Scottish Ministers make the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(3) and 125(1) and paragraph 4 of schedule 3 to the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 20121and all other powers enabling them to do so.

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Police Appeals Tribunals (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2020 and come into force on 1March 2021.

S-2 Interpretation

Interpretation

2. In these Rules, the “2013 Rules” means the Police Appeals Tribunals (Scotland) Rules 20132.

S-3 Amendment to the 2013 Rules

Amendment to the 2013 Rules

3. In rule 2 (interpretation) of the 2013 Rules, in paragraph (a) of the definition of “misconduct hearing”, for “Conduct Regulations” substitute “2014 Conduct Regulations”.

HUMZA YOUSAF

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

18th December 2020

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules make consequential amendment to the Police Appeals Tribunals (Scotland) Rules 2013 as a result of amendments made to those rules by the Police Service of Scotland (Senior Officers) (Performance) Regulations 2016 (“the 2016 Regulations”).

Rule 3 corrects an omission from the 2016 Regulations by substituting the reference to “Conduct Regulations” in paragraph (a) of the definition of “misconduct hearing” with a reference to the “2014 Conduct Regulations”.

(1) 2012 asp 8.
(2) S.S.I. 2013/63. Rule 2 was relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2016/51.

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