The Time Off for Public Duties Order 1995
S.I. 1995/694 · Made 9 March 1995
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Made 9th March 1995
Laid before Parliament 10th March 1995
Coming into force 1st April 1995
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 29(5)(a) and 154 of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978f1, hereby makes the following Order:—
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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1978 c. 44; there are amendments to sections 29 and 154 which are not relevant to this Order.
Contents
1Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Time Off for Public Duties Order 1995 and shall come into force on 1st April 1995.
2Addition of members of police authorities
Section 29(1) of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 shall be modified by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (bb)—
“(bc)a member of a police authority appointed under Schedule 1B to the Police Act 1964f1;”
Signature
Signed by order of the Secretary of State.
Phillip Oppenheim
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Employment
9th March 1995
Explanatory note
(This Note is not part of the Order)
Section 29 of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 requires an employer to allow time off during working hours, subject to the provisions of the section, to an employee of his who is a justice of the peace, member of a local authority or member of certain other bodies specified in subsection (1) of the section.
This Order modifies section 29(1) by adding members of police authorities established on the coming into force of certain provisions of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 to the list of bodies whose members are covered by the section.