Scottish Statutory Instruments
2014 No. 1
Police
The Police Service of Scotland (Amendment) Regulations 2014
Made 7th January 2014
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 9th January 2014
Coming into force 28th February 2014

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 48 and 125(1) of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
2012 asp 8.
In accordance with section 54(1) of that Act, they have shared a draft of the Regulations with the Police Negotiating Board for the United Kingdom and have considered any representations made.

Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police Service of Scotland (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 28th February 2014.
(2) In these Regulations, “the 2013 Regulations” means the Police Service of Scotland Regulations 2013.
S.S.I. 2013/35, as amended by S.S.I. 2013/122 and S.S.I. 2013/125.

Amendment of the 2013 Regulations
2. For regulation 18(3)(a) of the 2013 Regulations substitute—

“(a) “public holiday” means Christmas Day and New Year’s Day; and”.

Transitional: untaken days in lieu
3. (1) Paragraph (2) applies in relation to any day’s leave in lieu of a public holiday which is granted before these Regulations come into force by virtue of a determination made under regulation 18 of the 2013 Regulations.
(2) Where this paragraph applies, any day’s leave in lieu of a public holiday which has not been taken before the date these Regulations come into force may be taken on or after that date.
KENNY MACASKILL
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
7th January 2014

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Police Service of Scotland Regulations 2013 so that the definition of “public holiday” means Christmas Day and New Year’s Day only.
Regulation 3 makes transitional provision so that any day’s leave in lieu of a public holiday granted before the coming into force of these Regulations, which is yet to be taken at the time they come into force, can continue to be taken on or after that date despite the change to the definition of “public holiday”.