Explanatory note

These Regulations further amend the Police (Scotland) Regulations 1976 (“the principal Regulations”) and come into force on 27th September 1988.

Regulation 4 provides for a minimum of 4 hours' compensation at the appropriate rate when an officer is recalled to duty on a rostered rest day or a public holiday, following an earlier period of duty on that day.

Regulation 5 provides that the paid period of maternity leave is to be the first 3 months.

Regulations 6 and 7 amend the provisions relating to refreshment, subsistence and lodging allowances.

Regulation 8 and the Schedule take account of agreed changes in policewomen’s uniform.