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Can the minimum hours of rest in the last answer be divided into separate periods?

Yes. Subject to any exceptions to the limits as agreed in an MCA-authorised collective agreement or workforce agreement, hours of rest may be divided into no more than two periods, one of which must be of at least 6 hours, and the interval between consecutive such rest periods may not exceed 14 hours.

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