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Regulation 29 Public holidays and rest days for lower ranks

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(1)

This regulation shall apply to every member of a police force below the rank of superintendent.

(2)

Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a member shall, so far as the exigencies of duty permit, be allowed a day’s leave on each public holiday and be granted rest days at the rate of two rest days in respect of each week.

(3)

A member shall, if required to do duty on a day which is a rostered rest day, be granted—

(a)

where he receives less than 8 days' notice of the requirement, an allowance at the appropriate rate and, in addition, another rest day in lieu thereof, which shall be notified to him within 4 days of notification of the requirement;

(b)

where he receives at least 8 but less than 29 days' notice of the requirement, an allowance at the appropriate rate;

(c)

in any other case, another rest day in lieu thereof, which shall be notified to him within 4 days of notification of the requirement.

(4)

A member shall, if required to do duty on a day which is a public holiday, be granted—

(a)

where he receives less than 8 days' notice of the requirement—

(i)

an allowance at the appropriate rate and, in addition,

(ii)

another day off in lieu thereof, which shall be notified to him within 4 days of notification of the requirement, and which shall be treated for the purposes of this regulation as a public holiday;

(b)

in any other case, an allowance at the appropriate rate.

(5)

A member who is required to do duty on a day which is a public holiday or a rostered rest day may, within 28 days of the day in question, elect to receive, in lieu of an allowance as mentioned in paragraph (3)(a) or (b) or paragraph (4)(a) or (b), time off equal—

(a)

in the case of a day which is a public holiday, to double, and

(b)

in the case of a rostered rest day, to one and a half times,

the period of completed quarters of an hour of duty on the day in question.

(6)

Where such a member who is required to do duty on a day which is a public holiday or a rostered rest day has elected to receive time off as mentioned in paragraph (5), the chief officer of police shall, subject to the exigencies of duty, grant such time off within such time (not exceeding 3 months) as he may fix; and subject to such time off being taken, no allowance in respect of the day in question shall be payable under paragraph (3)(a) or (b) or, as the case may be, paragraph (4)(a) or (b).

(7)

Subject to paragraph (8), for the purposes of this regulation—

(a)

a member of a police force who is paid a dog handler’s allowance shall not be treated as required to do duty by reason only of his being required to care for the dog;

(b)

“a day’s pay” means a week’s pay at the rate at which the member was paid on the day in question divided by five;

(c)

“the appropriate rate” means a sixteenth of a day’s pay for each completed 15 minutes of duty done on a public holiday, and three sixty-fourths of a day’s pay for each such period of duty done on a rostered rest day;

(d)

a reference to a day which is a public holiday is to be construed, in relation to the member concerned, as a reference to a day within the meaning of regulation 26(5) commencing at any time on the calendar date of the public holiday in question;

(e)

in paragraph (2) the expression “week” means a period of 7 days beginning with such day as is fixed by the chief officer of police;

(f)

a period of less than 4 completed hours of duty on a day which is a public holiday or on a rostered rest day shall be treated as though it were a period of 4 completed hours of duty; and

(g)

where a member is required to do duty on a day which is a public holiday or on a rostered rest day, his period of duty shall include (save for the purposes of sub-paragraph (f)) the time occupied by him in going to, and returning from, his place of duty, not exceeding such reasonable limit as may be fixed by the chief officer of police, save that, for the purposes of this sub-paragraph, there shall be disregarded any period of time so occupied—

(i)

which together with the member’s period of duty exceeds 6 hours, or

(ii)

which is treated as a period of duty under regulation 31.

(8)

Where it is at his own request that a member works on a day which is a public holiday or a rostered rest day he shall not be treated for the purposes of this regulation as having been required to do duty on that day but shall be granted another day off in lieu thereof, which shall be treated as a public holiday or a rostered rest day as the case may be.