Regulation 26 Public holidays and rest days
The Scottish Ministers shall determine the circumstances and manner in which a member of a police force shall be granted leave or otherwise compensated in respect of time spent on duty on–
public holidays; or
rostered rest days,
and in this regulation “rostered rest day”, in relation to a member of a police force who is required to do duty on that day, means a day which according to the duty roster was, immediately before that member was so required to do duty, to have been a rest day for that member.
In making a determination under paragraph (1) the Scottish Ministers may confer on the chief constable discretion–
to fix the time at which, or the day on which, a period commences for the purposes of the determination;
to fix the period within which time off in compensation for time spent on duty as mentioned in that paragraph is to be granted;
to fix a limit on the time occupied by a member of a police force in travelling to and from that member’s place of duty which is to be included in a period of duty for the purposes of the determination.
In this regulation “public holiday” means Christmas Day, New Year’s Day and each of 6 other days, being as far as practicable local public holidays and in any year where Christmas Day, 26th December or New Year’s Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday the 6 other days shall be increased by 1 for each day on which Christmas Day, 26th December or New Year’s Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday.