The Police (Efficiency) (Scotland) Regulations 1996
These Regulations make provision with respect to the assessment of the efficiency of constables of police forces in Scotland and establish procedures for cases in which a constable who is not performing satisfactorily may be dealt with by way of requirement to resign, reduction in rank or warning. Parts 2 and 3 of the Regulations make provision for interviewing constables where it is considered that their performance is unsatisfactory and identifying areas of the performance which require improvement. Part 4 makes provision for the holding of a hearing (called an inefficiency hearing) where it is considered that a constable’s performance has not improved. If the chairman of the inefficiency hearing finds that the constable’s performance has been unsatisfactory he may require the constable to resign, order reduction in his rank or issue a warning. Part 5 makes provision for an appeal to the chief constable.