Duty
22.—(1) The Scottish Ministers shall determine–
(a)the normal periods of duty of a member of a police force;
(b)the periods allowed for refreshment;
(c)the variable shift arrangements which may be brought into operation by a chief constable;
(d)the manner and timing of the publication of duty rosters and the matters to be contained therein; and
(e)the circumstances in which travelling time may be treated as duty.
(2) In making a determination under paragraph (1)(a) the Scottish Ministers 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 Scottish Ministers may–
(a)confer on the chief constable discretion to fix a limit on the travelling time which is to be treated as duty;
(b)confer on the police authority discretion to fix 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 of a police force in travelling to and from that member’s home–
(a)where that member is required to perform that member’s normal daily period of duty in more than one tour of duty, between two tours; or
(b)where that member is recalled to duty between two tours of duty, in consequence of that member’s recall.