{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-amendment-regulations-1987/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-amendment-regulations-1987/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/423",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-amendment-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Annual leave",
  "text": "(1) In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (annual leave)–\n(a) in paragraph 1(1)–\n(i) after the words “every constable” there shall be inserted the words “of or above the rank of superintendent”; and\n(ii) in the Table the entries relating to ranks below the rank of superintendent shall be deleted;\n(b) after paragraph 1(1) there shall be inserted the following:–\n“(1A) Subject as aforesaid, every constable holding a rank below that of superintendent shall be granted in each leave year commencing after 31st December 1986 the period of leave set out opposite his relevant service in the Table below: Provided that a constable whose annual leave entitlement, immediately before the coming into force of this paragraph in respect of the first leave year commencing after 31st December 1986, exceeded the period prescribed in his case in respect of that year by the foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall continue to be entitled to be granted such greater period of leave until such time as he shall have completed such number of years' relevant service as, by virtue of the said provisions, entitle him to an increased period of leave.\nTABLE\nRelevant service\nAnnual leave\nUnder 5 years' relevant service\n20 days\n5 or more years' relevant service\n22 days\n10 or more years' relevant service\n25 days\n15 or more years' relevant service\n26 days\n20 or more years' relevant service\n28 days'\n”;\n(c) in paragraph 3C–\n(i) the words “an additional”, in each place where they occur, shall be omitted; and\n(ii) for the words “in respect of”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “in lieu of”.\n(2) In relation to any constable to whom it applies, paragraph (1)(a) of this regulation shall have effect from the beginning of the first leave year commencing on or after 31st December 1986.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/423/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:29:56.272837+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."
}