The Police (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2003

Amendment of regulation 52 of the principal Regulations

7.  In regulation 52 of the principal Regulations (refreshment, subsistence and lodging allowances)(1)–

(a) for paragraphs (1) to (3) there is substituted–

“Food and accommodation expenses

(1) A constable of or below the rank of superintendent who is necessarily prevented in the course of a tour of duty from obtaining a meal in his usual way shall be reimbursed the difference between the meal he obtains and the meal he usually takes in the course of that tour of duty, provided that the additional expenditure is reasonable and backed by a receipt.

(2) A constable of or below the rank of superintendent who is retained on duty beyond his normal daily period of duty shall be reimbursed the cost of any meal he necessarily obtains, provided that the expenditure is reasonable and backed by a receipt.

(3) A constable of or below the rank of superintendent shall be reimbursed accommodation expenses necessarily incurred in connection with duty away from his usual place of duty, or necessary because he has been retained on duty beyond his normal daily period of duty provided that the expenditure is reasonable and backed by a receipt.”; and

(b) for paragraph (5) there is substituted–

“(5) A constable of or below the rank of superintendent shall, if he requests, be given an advance to cover, as far as practicable, probable expenses of duty away from his usual place of duty.”.

(1)

Regulation 52 was substituted by S.I. 1988/1501.