1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996.
(2) These Regulations shall come into force on 14th January 1997, but–
(a)regulation 5(c) shall have effect from 16th October 1994 for the purposes of regulation 38 of the principal Regulations and the definition of “relevant service” in paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 2 to those Regulations;
(b)regulations 7 and 10 shall have effect from 18th July 1995; and
(c)regulations 8, 11 and 12 shall have effect from 1st September 1995.
(3) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Police (Scotland) Regulations 1976(1).