# The Police Regulations 2003, Regulation 26: Public holidays and rest days

Extent: E+W

(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—
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/527/regulation/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-2003/regulation-26
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