Conditions Of Service - Determinations
Annex P
Regulation
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1) A member of a police force shall not be entitled to be absent from
duty on account of injury or illness unless a registered medical practitioner
has certified the member to be unfit for duty. Provided that:
a) with the consent of the police authority, a member may be so absent
without such certificate of unfitness where the period of unfitness
for duty does not exceed 7 days, including any day on which, even
if the member were fit to do so, the member would not have been required
to perform police duty;
b) if, notwithstanding such certificate of unfitness for duty, a registered
medical practitioner appointed or approved by the police authority
has examined the member and considers the member to be fit for duty,
the police authority shall, if the medical practitioner who issued
the certificate of unfitness for duty agrees, within 28 days of the
difference of opinion coming to their attention arrange for a third
registered medical practitioner to examine the member and to report
in writing to the other two practitioners concerned; the third registered
practitioner shall be acceptable to the practitioner who issued the
certificate of unfitness for duty and to the practitioner who has
examined the member on behalf of the police authority, except that
in the event of a failure to agree, the police authority may appoint
such third medical practitioner as it considers appropriate; and if
the third registered medical practitioner certifies the member to
be fit for duty, or if the medical practitioner who issued the certificate
of unfitness for duty does not agree to such further examination,
the member shall no longer be entitled to be absent from duty.
2) This determination applies to a member who is in quarantine as
it applies to a member who is ill and any reference to fitness or
unfitness for duty shall be construed accordingly.
3) PART-TIME MEMBERS
While a part-time member of the rank of constable or sergeant is entitled
under this determination to be absent from duty, any rostered shift
counts, for the purposes of Regulation 24(1) (pay) and any determination
made thereunder, as a period of duty of the same duration.
4) FOR THIS DETERMINATION
a) In this determination and determinations made under regulations
22 and 25, “day”, in relation to members of a police force,
means a period of 24 hours commencing at such time or times as the
Chief Constable shall fix and the Chief Constable may fix different
times in relation to different groups of members.
b) In discharging their functions under sub paragraph (a) above, the
Chief Constable shall have regard to the wishes of the joint branch
board.
