The Police Service of Scotland Regulations 2013

PART 3 DUTY

Duty

14.—(1) The Scottish Ministers must determine—

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

(b) the periods allowed for refreshment;

(c) the variable shift and flexible working 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; 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)(c) the Scottish Ministers may confer on the chief constable discretion to decide which flexible working arrangements may be brought into operation in particular cases.

(4) 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 Authority discretion to fix a limit on the amount of the expenses which may be reimbursed in respect of such travelling time.

(5) In this regulation “travelling time” means time spent by a constable in travelling to and from that constable’s home—

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

(b) where that constable is recalled to duty between two tours of duty, in consequence of that constable’s recall.

Meetings of Police Federation for Scotland treated as police duty

15.—(1) The attendance of a constable at any of the following meetings of the Police Federation for Scotland is to be treated as an occasion of police duty—

(a) an ordinary meeting of an area committee;

(b) an ordinary meeting of the joint central committee;

(c) the annual meeting of the joint central committee with the joint central committee of the Police Federation for England and Wales and the central committee of the Police Federation for Northern Ireland; or

(d) the biennial meeting of the joint central conference.

(2) Subject to the approval of the chief constable, the attendance of a constable at an additional meeting of an area committee of the Police Federation for Scotland or at a meeting of an area sub-committee is to be treated as an occasion of police duty.

(3) Subject to the approval of the Scottish Ministers, the attendance of a constable of the Police Service at a meeting of the Police Federation for Scotland, other than such a meeting as is mentioned in paragraph (1) or (2), is to be treated as an occasion of police duty.

(4) In this regulation a reference to a particular committee of the Police Federation for Scotland is a reference to that committee mentioned in the Police Federation (Scotland) Regulations 2013(1).

(1)

S.S.I 2013/86.