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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-amendment-no-2-regulations-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2003/220",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-amendment-no-2-regulations-2003",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Police (Scotland) Regulations 1976 (“the 1976 Regulations”) in relation to hours of duty, allowances and expenses. The Regulations come into force on 1st April 2003.\nRegulation 2 removes the existing requirement that part-time appointments above the rank of sergeant can be made only on terms that provide for the holder of the appointment to share the appointment with one other person.\nRegulation 3 amends the existing requirements for duty rosters to provide that the rosters must be published after consultation with the joint branch board and that they must set out the matters specified in regulation 21A(3) for at least 3 months (the existing requirement is 12 months).\nRegulation 4 amends the rules on overtime with the effect that when overtime is worked during a week, on the first 4 occasions on which a constable was not informed as required by regulation 22 of the 1976 Regulations 30 minutes of the overtime is to be disregarded.\nRegulation 5 reduces the existing threshold for triggering the higher rate of compensation for working on a rostered rest day.\nRegulation 6 replaces the existing system of removal allowances with removal expenses. Removal and associated expenses will be paid to officers who are required to move house provided that the expenses are necessary, reasonable and backed by receipts.\nRegulation 7 replaces the existing subsistence, refreshment and lodging allowances. Constables will now be reimbursed for expenditure incurred in the course of duty provided it is necessary, reasonable and backed by a receipt. Where the officer is prevented from obtaining a meal in the usual way, the reimbursement consists of the difference between the meal obtained and the meal usually taken.\nRegulations 8 and 9 make consequential changes for variable shift arrangements and part-time service.\nRegulation 10 and the Schedule revoke–\n(a) the remainder of the Police (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1978, which has the effect of removing the special area undermanning allowances that officers were entitled to prior to 1st September 1978 and have continued to receive;\n(b) regulation 53 of the 1976 Regulations, which has been replaced by new provisions inserted by these Regulations;\n(c) regulation 63 of the 1976 Regulations, which makes provision for allowances to be paid for recurring escort duty; and\n(d) Schedule 4 to the 1976 Regulations, in consequence of regulation 7 of these Regulations.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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