{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1995/regulation-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1995/regulation-31.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/215",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/31",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Public holidays and monthly leave days for ranks above chief inspector",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to every member of a police force of, or above, the rank of superintendent.\n(2) Such a member shall, so far as the exigencies of duty permit, be allowed a day’s leave on each public holiday and be granted in each month—\n(a) in the case of a superintendent, 8 monthly leave days;\n(b) in any other case 1½ monthly leave days.\n(3) Where the exigencies of duty have precluded—\n(a) the allowance of a day’s leave on a public holiday, or\n(b) the grant in any month of eight monthly leave days,\nto a superintendent, he shall, during the next twelve months and so far as the exigencies of duty permit, be allowed or (as the case may be) granted a day’s leave in lieu of any such day not allowed or granted.\n(4) Where the exigencies of duty have precluded the allowance of a day’s leave on a public holiday to any such member other than a superintendent, he shall, during the next three months and so far as the exigencies of duty permit, be allowed a day’s leave in lieu of any such day not allowed.\n(5) For the purposes of this regulation “month”means that period of 28 days beginning with such day as is fixed by the chief officer of police.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am (1.1.2002)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/3888",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (Consequential Amendments) (Police Ranks) Regulations 2001"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/215/regulation/31",
    "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."
}