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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1995/regulation-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1995/regulation-26.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/215",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Variable shift arrangements",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to members of a police force below the rank of inspector appointed otherwise than under regulation 7 (part-time appointments).\n(2) A chief officer of police may, if he has obtained the consent of the Secretary of State to his doing so, bring into operation variable shift arrangements agreed by him with the joint branch board for all members to whom this regulation applies or for any particular class of such members.\n(3) Variable shift arrangements must provide, as respects members for whom they are in operation—\n(a) for hours of duty equivalent to those resulting from the application of regulations 24(2) and 29(2), and\n(b) for annual leave equivalent to that resulting from the application of regulation 34(1) and Schedule 4,\nto other members of police forces.\n(4) In relation to members of a police force for whom variable shift arrangements are in operation these Regulations have effect with the modifications set out in Schedule 3.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "rev in pt (retrosp) (to 1.9.1998)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/3293",
      "affecting_title": "The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "am (retrosp) (to 1.9.1998)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/3293",
      "affecting_title": "The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev. in pt.",
      "affecting": "uksi/1995/547",
      "affecting_title": "The Police (Amendment) Regulations 1995"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/215/regulation/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:17:38.937189+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}