{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-regulations-1996/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-regulations-1996/schedule-3/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/473",
  "legislation_title": "Royal Ulster Constabulary Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-regulations-1996",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In regulation 20 (normal daily period of duty) there shall be substituted for paragraphs (2) to (4) the following paragraphs—\n“(2) As far as the exigencies of duty permit, a shift shall consist of one continuous period.\n(3) Where in one day a member is on duty for a continuous period of 5 hours or more, time for refreshment shall, as far as the exigencies of duty permit, be allowed in accordance with the Table below:\nTABLE\nNumber of hours\nRefreshment time\nLess than 6 hours\n30 minutes\n6 hours or more, but less than 7 hours\n35 minutes\n7 hours or more, but less than 8 hours\n40 minutes\n8 hours or more, but less than 9 hours\n45 minutes\n9 hours or more, but less than 10 hours\n50 minutes\n10 hours or more\n60 minutes\n(4) 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.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "nisr/2004/122",
      "affecting_title": "The Police Service of Northern Ireland (Secondment) (Garda Síochána) Regulations 2004"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/473/schedule/3/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}