Public holidays and rest days
19.—(1) The Scottish Ministers must determine the circumstances and manner in which a police member is to be granted leave or otherwise compensated in respect of time spent on duty on―
(a)public holidays; or
(b)rostered rest days.
(2) In making a determination under paragraph (1) the Scottish Ministers may confer on the Director General discretion to fix―
(a)the time at which, or the day on which, a period commences for the purposes of that determination;
(b)the period within which time off in compensation for time spent on duty as mentioned in that paragraph is to be granted; and
(c)a limit on the length of time spent travelling to and from a police member’s place of duty which is to be included in the period of duty for the purposes of the determination.
(3) In this regulation―
“public holiday” means Christmas Day, New Year’s Day and each of 6 other days, being as far as practicable local public holidays and in any year where Christmas Day, 26th December or New Year’s Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday the 6 other days are to be increased by 1 for each day on which Christmas Day, 26th December or New Year’s Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday; and
“rostered rest day” means a day which according to the duty roster was, immediately before a police member was required to do duty, to have been a rest day for that member.