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Scotland has a different legal system so those don't apply. There'll be a similar enough line in one of these though (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/77/contents http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/46/contents http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2006/10/contents)
Yes. Specifically it's a Labour backing tabloid and Scottish Labour are desperately trying to win back support after being decimated in the elections by the SNP. Attacking the police force has been one of their recent themes.