The Police Regulations 2003

Duty E+W

22.—(1) The Secretary of State 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 officer;

(d) the manner and timing of the publication of duty rosters and the matters to be contained therein; F1 ...

(e) the circumstances in which travelling time may be treated as duty;

[F2 (f) the circumstances in which a member of a police force is to be treated as if he were a night worker for the purposes of regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Working Time Regulations 1998; and

(g) the periods which are to be treated as if they were additional periods of working time for the purposes of regulation 2(1) of the Working Time Regulations 1998];

[F3 (h) the circumstances in which a member of a police force may be placed on limited duties.]

(2) In making a determination under paragraph (1)(a) the Secretary of State may confer on the chief officer 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 Secretary of State may—

(a) confer on the chief officer discretion to fix a limit on the travelling time which is to be treated as duty;

(b) confer on the [F4 local policing body] 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 his home—

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

(b) where he is recalled to duty between two tours of duty, in consequence of his recall.

[F5 (5) In this regulation “limited duties” means—

(a) recuperative duties;

(b) adjusted duties;

(c) management restricted duties.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in reg. 22(1)(d) omitted (1.2.2007) by virtue of The Police (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3449), regs. 1(2), 5(2)

F2 Reg. 22(1)(f)(g) inserted (1.2.2007) by The Police (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3449), regs. 1(2), 5(3)

F3 Reg. 22(1)(h) inserted (1.4.2015) by The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/455), regs. 1, 4(a)

F4 Words in reg. 22(3)(b) substituted (16.1.2012 in relation to the Metropolitan police district; 22.11.2012 in relation to the other police areas in E.W.) by The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/3026), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(k)

F5 Reg. 22(5) inserted (1.4.2015) by The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/455), regs. 1, 4(b)