The Police (Conduct) (Scotland) Regulations 1996

Regulation 4

SCHEDULE 1 CONDUCT CONSTITUTING MISCONDUCT

1.  Conduct likely to bring discredit on the police force or service, including–

(a) insubordination or incivility;

(b) corrupt practice;

(c) breach of confidence;

(d) drinking any intoxicating liquor while on duty or being unfit for duty through such liquor;

(e) suppression of complaints;

(f) wilful or careless damage to, or loss of, property belonging to the police authority or within the care of the police;

(g) disorderly conduct; or

(h) acting towards, or treating, any person in an oppressive or improper manner.

2.  Failure to comply, without good and sufficient cause, with a lawful order.

3.  Failure to report any matter which it is the constable’s duty to report or to account for any act or omission occurring in the ordinary course of duty which he has a duty to account for.

4.  Neglect of duty.

5.  Wilful or careless falsehood.

6.  Malingering.

7.  Being absent from duty, or being late for duty, without leave.

8.  Contravention of regulation 5 of, or Schedule 1 to, the Police (Scotland) Regulations 1976(1).

9.  Having been found guilty by a criminal court of a criminal offence in any part of the United Kingdom or in any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.

Regulation 25(1)

SCHEDULE 2 REVOCATIONS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Regulations revoked	References	Extent of revocation
The Police (Discipline) (Scotland) Regulations 1967	SI 1967/1021	The whole Regulations.
The Police (Discipline) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1971	SI 1971/843	The whole Regulations.
The Police (Discipline) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1975	SI 1975/1544	The whole Regulations.
The Police (Scotland) Regulations 1976	SI 1976/1073	Regulation 72(3).
The Police (Discipline) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1982	SI 1982/902	The whole Regulations.
The Police (Discipline) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1987	SI 1987/2226	The whole Regulations.
The Police (Discipline) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 1995	SI 1995/647	The whole Regulations.

(1)

Regulation 5 was amended by S.I. 1985/111 and 1995/596; Schedule 1 was amended by S.I. 1990/469 and 1993/3081.