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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-regulations-1996/regulation-20",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/473",
  "legislation_title": "Royal Ulster Constabulary Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-regulations-1996",
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  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Normal daily period of duty",
  "text": "(1) This regulation shall apply to every member below the rank of inspector who is not assigned to duties which the Secretary of State has specially excepted from the provisions of this regulation.\n(2) The normal daily period of duty (including the period for refreshment referred to in paragraph (3)) of a member to whom this regulation applies shall be 8 hours.\n(3) As far as the exigencies of duty permit—\n(a) the normal daily period of duty shall be performed in one tour of duty; and\n(b) subject to paragraph 4 of Schedule 4, an interval of 45 minutes shall be allowed for refreshment.\n(4) Where a member is required to perform his normal daily period of duty in more than one tour of duty and does not travel to and from his home between tours, an interval for refreshment and rest shall normally be included at the beginning or end of one of those tours.",
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      "type": "amendment to earlier affecting provision 1996/473",
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      "affecting_title": "Police (Appointments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004"
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    {
      "type": "substituted",
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    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "nisr/2004/122",
      "affecting_title": "The Police Service of Northern Ireland (Secondment) (Garda Síochána) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "amendment to earlier affecting provision 1996/473",
      "affecting": "nisr/2004/379",
      "affecting_title": "Police (Appointments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/473/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:33:07.933033+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."
}