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Paragraph 4

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

In regulation 20 (normal daily period of duty) for paragraphs (2) to (4) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—

“(2)

The normal period of duty, in every relevant period, of a member to whom this regulation applies, which is to be performed in accordance with general arrangements made by the chief constable, after consulting the Police Authority and the Police Association, is, subject to paragraph (4A), the total number of hours determined by the chief constable with the agreement of the member at the time of his appointment.

(3)

For the purposes of paragraph (2) a day of annual leave counts as a period of duty of 8 hours multiplied by the appropriate factor.

(4)

The chief constable shall review a member’s normal period of duty at intervals of not more than 52 weeks, and in doing so shall have regard to the number of hours actually spent on duty during the interval preceding the review.

(4A)

After a review under paragraph (4)—

(a)

any number of hours different from that determined under paragraph (2) which was determined by the chief constable and agreed to by the member becomes the member’s normal period of duty, and

(b)

if no different number was agreed to by the member, his normal period of duty is the number of hours determined under paragraph (2).

(4B)

The number of hours determined under paragraph (2) or (4A)(a) must not be less than 16 times the number of weeks in the relevant period.

(4C)

As far as the exigencies of duty permit, a shift shall consist of one continuous period.

(4D)

Where in one day a member is on duty for a continuous period of 5 hours or more, an interval for refreshment shall, as far as the exigencies of duty permit, be allowed in accordance with the Table below.

TABLE

Number of hoursRefreshment interval
Less than 6 hours30 minutes
6 hours or more, but less than 7 hours35 minutes
7 hours or more, but less than 8 hours40 minutes
8 hours or more45 minutes
(4E)

Where a shift consists of two periods, amounting in total to 5 hours or more, and the member does not travel to and from his home between those periods, an interval for refreshment and rest shall normally be included at the beginning or end of one of them.”.