Police Service of Northern Ireland Regulations 2005

Duty

21.—(1) The Secretary of State shall determine—

(a) the normal periods of duty of a member;

(b) the periods allowed for refreshment;

(c) the variable shift arrangements which may be brought into operation by the Chief Constable;

(d) the manner and timing of the publication of duty rosters and the matters to be contained therein;

(e) the circumstances in which travelling time may be treated as duty; and

(f) the circumstances in which a member is to be treated as if he were a night worker for the purposes of regulation 2(2) of the Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998(1).

(2) In making a determination under paragraph (1)(a) the Secretary of State may confer on the Chief Constable discretion to fix the time at which a period commences for the purposes of the determination and may determine the conditions subject to which that discretion is to be exercised.

(3) In making a determination under paragraph (1)(e) the Secretary of State may confer on the Chief Constable discretion to fix—

(a) a limit on the travelling time which is to be treated as duty;

(b) a limit on the amount of the expenses which may be reimbursed in respect of such travelling time.

(4) In this regulation “travelling time” means time spent by a member in travelling to and from his home—

(a) where he is required to perform his normal daily period of duty in more than one tour of duty, between two tours; or

(b) where he is recalled to duty between two tours of duty, in consequence of his recall.

(1)

S.R. 1998 No. 386