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Paragraph 4

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

  • Sch 1, para 1 am (retrosp) (to 1.9.1998) by Police 2001 regs 1(2)(a), 2(4), (5)
  • Sch 1, para 4 am (retrosp) (to 1.9.1998) by Police 2001 regs 1(2)(a), 2(4), (6)
  • Sch 1, para 4A added (retrosp) (to 1.9.1998) by Police 2001 regs 1(2)(a), 2(4), (7)
  • Sch 1, paras 5, 6 am (retrosp) (to 1.9.1998) by Police 2001 regs 1(2)(a), 2(4), (8), (9)
  • Sch 1, para 7 am (retrosp) (to 1.9.1998) by Police 2001 regs 1(2)(a), 2(4), (10)(a)–(c)
  • Sch 1, para 7 am (retrosp) (to 1.7.1992) by Police 2001 regs 1(2)(a), 2(4), (10)(d)
  • Sch 1, para 10 rev (retrosp) (to 1.9.1998) by Police 2001 regs 1(2)(a), 2(4), (11)
  • Sch 1, para 14 am (retrosp) (to 1.9.1998) by Police 2001 regs 1(2)(a), 2(4), (12)
  • Sch 1, para 15 subst (retrosp) (to 1.9.1998) by Police 2001 regs 1(2)(a), 2(4), (13)
  • Sch 1, para 17 rev (retrosp) (to 1.9.1998) by Police 2001 regs 1(2)(a), 2(4), (14)
  • Sch 1, para 25 rev (retrosp) (to 1.9.1998) by Police 2001 regs 1(2)(a), 2(4), (15)
  • Sch. 1 para. 7 word inserted by Police 2000 reg. 8(2)
  • Sch. 1 para. 14(a) words substituted by Police 2000 reg. 8(3)(a)
  • Sch. 1 para. 14(b) words substituted by Police 2000 reg. 8(3)(b)
  • Sch.1, para.12 revoked by Police 1996 reg.9(1)
  • Sch.1, para.16A added by Police 1996 reg.9(2)
  • Sch.1, para.2(b) rev. in pt. by Police 1995 reg.14(1)
  • Sch.1, para.14 amended by Police 2000 reg 8(3)

In regulation 24 (normal daily period of duty) for paragraphs (2) to (4) substitute—

“(2)

The normal period of duty in every relevant period of a member of a police force to whom this regulation applies, which is to be performed in accordance with general arrangements made by the chief officer of police after consulting the police authority and local representatives of the representative bodies, is, subject to paragraph (4A), the total number of hours determined by the chief officer with the agreement of the member at the time of his appointment.

(3)

For the purposes of paragraph (2) a day of annual leave counts as a period of duty of 8 hours multiplied by the appropriate factor.

(4)

The chief officer shall review a member’s normal period of duty at intervals of not more than 52 weeks, and in doing so shall have regard to the number of hours actually spent on duty during the interval preceding the review.

(4A)

After a review under paragraph (4)—

(a)

any number of hours different from that determined under paragraph (2) which was determined by the chief officer and agreed to by the member becomes the member’s normal period of duty, and

(b)

if no different number was agreed to by the member, his normal period of duty is the number of hours determined under paragraph (2).

(4B)

The number of hours determined under paragraph (2) or (4A)(a) must not be less than 16 times the number of weeks in the relevant period.

(4C)

As far as the exigencies of duty permit, a shift shall consist of one continuous period.

(4D)

Where in one day a member is on duty for a continuous period of 5 hours or more, an interval for refreshment shall, as far as the exigencies of duty permit, be allowed in accordance with the Table below.

Number of hoursRefreshment interval
Less than 6 hours30 minutes
6 hours or more, but less than 7 hours35 minutes
7 hours or more, but less than 8 hours40 minutes
8 hours or more45 minutes
(4E)

Where a shift consists of two periods amounting in total to 5 hours or more and the member does not travel to and from his home between those periods, an interval for refreshment and rest shall normally be included at the beginning or end of one of them.”.