{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-amendment-regulations-2007/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-amendment-regulations-2007/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2007/134",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-amendment-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Amendment of Police (Scotland) Regulations 2004",
  "text": "After regulation 33(12) (leave) insert–\n“(13) The Scottish Ministers shall determine the circumstances and manner in which a member of a police force shall be entitled to take a career break and return to duty after taking such a career break.\n(14) In making a determination under paragraph (13), the Scottish Ministers may confer functions on the–\n(a) police authority in relation to a member of a police force who holds the rank of chief superintendent or a higher rank, who takes a career break;\n(b) chief constable in relation to a member of a police force who holds the rank of chief superintendent or a lower rank, who takes a career break.\n(15) A chief constable may authorise that any of the functions which are conferred on that chief constable under a determination made under paragraph (13) in relation to career breaks may be carried out by a member of a police force who holds the rank of chief superintendent or a higher rank.\n(16) Any determination made under paragraph (13) shall be without prejudice to any arrangements in place under which a member is taking a career break at the time that paragraph comes into force.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/134/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:15:00.323689+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."
}