Regulation 18 Public holidays and rest daysI1
Scotland
The Scottish Ministers must determine the circumstances and manner in which a constable is granted leave or otherwise compensated in respect of time spent on duty on—
public holidays; or
rostered rest days.
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;
the period within which time off in compensation for time spent on duty as mentioned in that paragraph is to be granted;
a limit on the time occupied by a constable in travelling to and from that constable’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 and New Year’s Day F2or such other days that a constable has nominated in accordance with paragraph (4); and
“rostered rest day”, in relation to a constable who is required to do duty on that day, means a day which according to the duty roster was, immediately before that constable was so required to do duty, to have been a rest day for that constable.
With the agreement of the chief constable, a constable may nominate a day in place of either or both of Christmas Day or New Year’s Day for religious or cultural reasons.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Reg. 18(3)(a) substituted (28.2.2014) by The Police Service of Scotland (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/1), regs. 1(1), 2
- F2
Words in reg. 18(3)(a) inserted (4.10.2024) by The Police Service of Scotland (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/179), regs. 1, 6(a)
- F3
Reg. 18(4) inserted (4.10.2024) by The Police Service of Scotland (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/179), regs. 1, 6(b)