Regulation 26 Public holidays and rest days

England and Wales

(1)

The Secretary of State shall determine the circumstances and manner in which a member of a police force shall be granted leave or otherwise compensated in respect of time spent on duty on—

F1(a)

public holidays;

(b)

days which a member of a police force has elected to treat as public holidays; or

(c)

rostered rest days,

and in this regulation “rostered rest day”, in relation to a member of a police force who is required to do duty on that day, means a day which according to the duty roster was, immediately before he was so required to do duty, to have been a rest day for the member.

(2)

In making a determination under paragraph (1) the Secretary of State may confer on the chief officer discretion—

(a)

to fix the time at which, or the day on which, a period commences for the purposes of the determination;

(b)

to fix the period within which time off in compensation for time spent on duty as mentioned in that paragraph is to be granted;

(c)

to fix a limit on the time occupied by a member of a police force in travelling to and from his place of duty which is to be included in a period of duty for the purposes of the determination.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 26(1)(a)-(c) substituted for reg. 26(1)(a)(b) (22.11.2012) by The Police (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2712), regs. 1, 5(2)