Read the full judgment text of CACV 000339/1998 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 28 May 1999 before Mortimer V-P, Godfrey JA, Rogers JA.
Civil Service Regulations – overtime – stand-by duty – on-call duty – interpretation of Regulation 669 – 'another fixed location' – whether includes place of work – Correctional Services Department – Chief Officer – overnight duty at barracks – time-off in lieu – appeal dismissed – Court of Appeal held that 'another fixed location' in CSR 669 does not include the officer's place of work, as the regulation distinguishes between stand-by at workplace and on-call elsewhere – plaintiff entitled to time-off in lieu for 1645 hours of overtime.
Legal issues: Interpretation of 'another fixed location' in CSR 669
Outcome: Appeal dismissed; the plaintiff is entitled to time-off in lieu of overtime worked.