{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-amendment-regulations-1988/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-amendment-regulations-1988/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1501",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Refreshment, subsistence and lodging allowances",
  "text": "For regulation 52 of the principal Regulations (refreshment, subsistence and lodging allowances) there shall be substituted the following regulation:—\n“Refreshment, subsistence and lodging allowances\n52 (1) A constable of or below the rank of superintendent who, having been retained on duty beyond his normal daily period of duty or engaged on duty away from his usual place of duty, certifies that, by reason of being so retained or engaged, he has been unable to obtain a meal in his usual way and that, as a consequence thereof, he has incurred additional expenditure to obtain food, shall—\n(a) if the period for which he is so retained or engaged is not less than two hours but does not exceed five hours, be paid a refreshment allowance;\n(b) if the period for which he is so retained or engaged exceeds 5 hours, be paid a subsistence allowance.\n(2) A constable of or below the rank of superintendent who, having been retained on duty beyond his normal daily period of duty or engaged on duty away from his usual place of duty, certifies that he has incurred additional expense for the purpose of obtaining lodging which he would not have required if he had not been so retained or engaged shall be paid a lodging allowance.\n(3) A constable of or below the rank of superintendent who satisfies the chief constable that during his normal daily period of duty he has, although not away from his usual place of duty, been prevented by the exigencies of duty from obtaining a meal in his usual way and that he has, as a consequence thereof, incurred additional expenditure to obtain food may be paid a refreshment allowance.\n(4) For the purposes of this regulation the expression “usual place of duty” means—\n(a) in the case of a constable below the rank of superintendent, the police station or other police establishment, or\n(b) in the case of a constable of the rank of superintendent, the divisional or sub-divisional headquarters or other police establishment,\nin which the constable is stationed or, where such place of duty has been temporarily changed and after such period from the date of change as the chief constable may determine, in which he is temporarily stationed, as the case may be.\n(5) A refreshment, subsistence or lodging allowance shall be of an amount determined in accordance with Schedule 4.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1501/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:00:05.820420+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."
}