PART 3DUTY
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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; F2...
e
the circumstances in which travelling time may be treated as duty;
F1f
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.
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 F3local 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.