# The Police (Scotland) Regulations 2004, Regulation 26: Public holidays and rest days


(1) 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–
(a) public holidays; or
(b) 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.
(2) In making a determination under paragraph (1) the Scottish Ministers may confer on the chief constable discretion–
(a) to fix the time at which, or the day on which, a period commences for the purposes of the determination;
(b) to fix the period within which time off in compensation for time spent on duty as mentioned in that paragraph is to be granted;
(c) 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.
(3) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/257/regulation/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-regulations-2004/regulation-26
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