STATUTORY
INSTRUMENTS
POLICE
ENGLAND & WALES
The Police Regulations 2003
Amended up to and including
The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2007
S.I. 2007 1160
Made 5th March 2003
Laid before Parliament 10th March 2003
Coming into force 1st April 2003
Arrangement of Regulations page 1
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
PART 1
COMMENCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION
1.
Citation, commencement and extent
2.
References to transfers
3.
Interpretation
PART 2
GOVERNMENT
4.
Ranks
5.
Part-time appointments
6.
Restrictions on the private life of members
7.
Business interests incompatible with membership of a police force
8.
Business interests: supplementary
9.
Business interests precluding appointment to a police force
10.
Qualifications for appointment to a police force
11.
Appointment of senior officers
12.
Probationary service in the rank of constable
13.
Discharge of probationer
14.
Retirement
15.
Contents of personal records
16.
Transfer of personal records
17.
Personal record of member leaving force
18.
Fingerprints
19.
Samples
PART 3
DUTY
20.
Duty to carry out lawful orders
21.
Limitations on duties to be assigned to members statutorily transferred
22.
Duty
23.
Meetings of Police Federation treated as police duty
PART 4
PAY
24.
Pay
25.
Overtime
26.
Public holidays and rest days
27.
Temporary salary and temporary promotion
28.
Sick pay
29.
Maternity pay
30.
Fixing of pay day and calculation of monthly, weekly and daily pay
31.
Deductions from pay of social security benefits and statutory sick pay
32.
University scholars
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PART 5
LEAVE
33.
Leave
PART 6
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES
34.
Allowances
35.
Expenses
36.
Continuance of allowances when member ill
37.
Allowances in respect of periods of suspension
38.
Replacement allowance
39.
Restriction on payments for private employment of police
PART 7
RECKONING OF SERVICE
40.
Reckoning of service in the Police Service of Northern Ireland
41.
Reckoning of service in the British Transport Police Force
42.
Reckoning by constables of service in certain constabularies
43.
Reckoning of service in an airport constabulary
44.
Reckoning by constables of overseas police service
PART 8
UNIFORM AND EQUIPMENT
45.
Issue of uniform and equipment
PART 9
DETERMINATIONS
46.
Determinations
PART 10
REVOCATIONS AND SAVINGS
47.
Revocations and savings
SCHEDULES
1. Restrictions on the private life of members of police forces
2. Effect of disciplinary action on pay and allowances
3. Replacement allowance
4. Revocation and savings
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 50 of the Police Act 1996 and section
405 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, and after taking into consideration the recommendations of the
Police Negotiating Board and supplying that Board with a draft of these Regulations in accordance with section
62(1) of the Police Act 1996, and after supplying a draft of these Regulations to the Police Advisory Board for
England and Wales and taking into consideration their representations in accordance with section 63(3) of the
Police Act 1996, hereby makes the following Regulations:
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April 2003
List of Determinations page 1
Determinations of the Secretary of State
under the Police Regulations 2003
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by regulations 11, 12, 22, 24, 25,
27, 33, 34 and 35 of and Schedule 2 to the Police Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/527), and after
having complied with the requirements of regulation 46, has determined that there shall
be substituted for Annexes B, C, E, F, G, I, O, R, S, U and V of the Determinations under the
Police Regulations 2003 the following corresponding Annexes.
The substituted Annexes B, C, E, F, G, I, O, R, S, U and V shall come into force on 4th April
2007.
Under regulation 46(2), a determination for regulating pay and allowances may be made
with retrospective effect to any date specified in the determination.
Accordingly, the substituted Annex F shall have effect from the dates set out in that Annex.
The substituted Annex I shall have effect from 12 February 2004.
The substituted Annex U shall have effect from 1 April 2006, subject to paragraph 2 (dog
handler’s allowance) which shall have effect from 1 September 2006.
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by regulation 33 of the
Police Regulations 2003, and after having complied with the requirements of regulation 46,
has determined that, with effect from 4th April 2007, there shall be inserted after Annex O
of the Determinations under the Police Regulations 2003, Annex OO.
Statutory Instrument 2004 No. 3216
January 2005
Regulation 1 page 1
REGULATION 1
PART 1
COMMENCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION
Citation, commencement and extent
1. - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police Regulations 2003 and shall come
into force on 1st April 2003.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
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April 2003
Regulation 2 page 1
REGULATION 2
References to transfers
2. - (1) A reference in these Regulations to a member of a police force voluntarily
transferring from one force to another shall be construed as a reference to such a member
leaving a force for the purpose of joining another force and joining that other force, where
he left the force first mentioned in this regulation on or after 1st January 1963 for that
purpose with, in the case of the chief officer, the consent of the police authority.
(2) Except where the context otherwise requires, a reference in these Regulations to a
member of a police force being statutorily transferred from one force to another shall be
construed as a reference to such a member being transferred -
(a) by or under the Local Government Act 1933, the Police Act 1946, the Local
Government Act 1958, the London Government Act 1963, the Police Act
1964(including that Act as amended by the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994),
the Local Government Act 1972, the Local Government Act 1992 or the Police Act
1996;
(b) in the case of a person who was a member of the River Tyne police force, under the
Harbours Act 1964.
(3) A reference in these Regulations to a member of a police force transferring from one
force to another shall be construed as a reference to his either voluntarily so transferring or
being statutorily so transferred.
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April 2003
Regulation 3 page 1
REGULATION 3
Interpretation
3. - (1) In these Regulations -
"Act" means the Police Act 1996;
"British Transport Police Force" means the force of constables appointed under section 53
of the British Transport Commission Act 1949;
"central police officer" has the same meaning as in the Police Pensions Regulations;
"chief officer" means chief officer of police;
"Conduct Regulations" means the regulations relating to conduct from time to time in
force under section 50 of the Act;
"maternity leave" means leave taken in accordance with a determination under
regulation 33(7);
"member of a police force" includes such a member who is suspended under the Conduct
Regulations;
"pensionable service" has the same meaning as in the Police Pensions Regulations;
"Police Pensions Regulations" means the regulations from time to time in force under the
Police Pensions Act 1976;
"Promotion Regulations" means the regulations relating to qualification and selection for
promotion from time to time in force under section 50 of the Act;
"public holiday" means Christmas Day, the 26th December (if it falls on a Saturday or a
Sunday), the 1st January (if it so falls), Good Friday or a bank holiday;
"the representative bodies" means the Police Federation for England and Wales and all
bodies for the time being recognised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section
64 of the Act;
"reversionary member of a home police force" has the same meaning as in the Police
Pensions Regulations;
"university scholar" means a member of a police force on a course of university study
nominated by the Secretary of State or by the police authority maintaining the police force
of which he is a member following arrangements approved by the Secretary of State.
(2) In these Regulations, a reference to a police force shall include a reference to the
Police Service of Northern Ireland and a police force maintained under the Police (Scotland)
Act 1967, so, however, that nothing in these Regulations shall be construed as relating to the
government, administration or conditions of service of the Police Service of Northern Ireland
or such a force.
(3) In these Regulations a reference to an aerodrome constabulary is a reference to such
a constabulary within the meaning of the Aviation Security Act 1982, and a reference to a
rank in such a constabulary corresponding to a rank in a police force is a reference to a rank
in that constabulary designated for the purposes hereof by the Secretary of State as the rank
corresponding to the rank in question.
(4) Nothing in these Regulations shall be construed as authorising pay or allowances
payable to any person to be reduced retrospectively.
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April 2006
Regulation 4 page 1
REGULATION 4
PART 2
GOVERNMENT
Ranks
4. - (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the ranks of a police force shall be known by
the following designations -
Chief Constable;
Deputy Chief Constable;
Assistant Chief Constable;
Chief Superintendent;
Superintendent;
Chief Inspector;
Inspector;
Sergeant;
Constable.
(2) In its application to the metropolitan police force, paragraph (1) shall have effect as
if -
(a) the references to Chief Constable, Deputy Chief Constable and Assistant Chief
Constable were omitted; and
(b) there were references to Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Assistant
Commissioner and Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and to
Commander.
(3) In its application to the City of London police force (in respect of which a
Commissioner of the City of London Police is appointed under the Acts relating to that force)
paragraph (1) shall have effect as if -
(a) the references to Chief Constable, Deputy Chief Constable and Assistant Chief
Constable were omitted; and
(b) there were references to Assistant Commissioner and Commander.
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April 2006
Regulation 5 page 1
REGULATION 5
Part-time appointments
5. - (1) A chief officer may, after consultation with local representatives of the
representative bodies, appoint persons to perform part-time service in any rank.
(2) In these Regulations a person appointed to perform part-time service includes a
person appointed to share a job with another person.
(3) A person appointed to perform part-time service may not be appointed to serve as a
full-time member without his consent.
(4) A person appointed to perform part-time service immediately after serving as a full-
time member may give notice in writing of his intention to be re-appointed as a full-time
member and shall be so appointed -
(a) within one month of the date the notice is received by the police authority, where the
authority has a suitable vacancy, or
(b) except where sub-paragraph (a) applies, when 3 months have elapsed since the day
the notice was received, or from an earlier date if reasonably practicable.
(5) A person serving as a full-time member of a police force may not be appointed to
perform part-time service without his consent.
(6) In this regulation "full-time member" means a member appointed otherwise than
under this regulation.
(7) In relation to persons appointed under this regulation to perform part-time service:
(a) regulation 12 has effect as if the words ", other than such a member who transferred
to the force from another police force having completed the required period of
probation therein," were omitted; and
(b) regulation 25 has effect as if -
(i) in paragraph (1) for all the words after "compensated in respect of time" there
were substituted "spent on duty in excess of such period as the Secretary of State
may determine"; and
(ii) paragraph (2) were omitted.
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April 2007
Regulation 6 page 1
REGULATION 6
ANNEX AA REFERS
Restrictions on the private life of members
6. - (1) The restrictions on private life contained in Schedule 1 shall apply to all members
of a police force.
(2) No restrictions other than those designed to secure the proper exercise of the
functions of a constable shall be imposed by the police authority or the chief officer on the
private life of members of a police force except -
(a) such as may temporarily be necessary, or
(b) such as may be approved by the Secretary of State after consultation with the Police
Advisory Board for England and Wales.
(3) Any restriction temporarily imposed under paragraph (2) shall be reported forthwith
to the Secretary of State.
Statutory Instrument 2004 No. 3216
January 2005
Annex AA page 1
ANNEX AA
DETERMINATION
FOR SCHEDULE 1
FOR REGULATION 6
RESTRICTIONS ON THE
PRIVATE LIFE OF MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCES
No member of a police force may be a member of any of the following organisations -
(a) the British National Party;
(b) Combat 18;
(c) the National Front
Determination
January 2005
Regulation 7 page 1
REGULATION 7
Business interests incompatible with membership of a police force
7. - (1) If a member of a police force proposes to have, or has, a business interest within
the meaning of this regulation, the member shall forthwith give written notice of that interest
to the chief officer unless that business interest has previously been disclosed.
(1A) If a member of a police force is or becomes aware that a relative included in his
family proposes to have, or has, a business interest within the meaning of this regulation
which in the opinion of that member interferes, or could be seen as interfering, with the
impartial discharge of his duties, then that member shall forthwith give written notice of that
interest to the chief officer unless that business interest has previously been disclosed.
(2) On receipt of a notice given under paragraph (1) or (1A) or a referral given under
paragraph (5A), the chief officer shall determine whether or not the interest in question is
compatible with the member concerned remaining a member of the force and, within 28 days
of the receipt of that notice, or, as the case may be that referral, shall notify the member in
writing of his decision.
(2A) In making a determination under paragraph (2) the chief officer shall have regard
to whether as a result of the interest in question the member’s conduct fails, or would fail,
to meet the appropriate standard set out in the Code of Conduct in Schedule 1 to the Police
(Conduct) Regulations 2004(a).
(3) Within 10 days of being notified of the chief officer's decision as aforesaid, or within
such longer period as the police authority may in all the circumstances allow, the member
concerned may appeal to the police authority against that decision by sending written notice
of his appeal to the police authority.
(4) Upon receipt of such notice, the police authority shall forthwith require the chief
officer to submit to them, within the next following 10 days, a notice setting out the reasons
for his decision and copies of any documents on which he relies in support of that decision;
and the police authority shall send to the member concerned copies of such notice and
documents and shall afford him a reasonable opportunity, being in no case less than 14 days,
to comment thereon.
(5) Where a member of a police force has appealed to the police authority under
paragraph (3) the police authority shall, subject to paragraph (5A), within 28 days of
receiving his comments on the notice and any other documents submitted by the chief officer
under paragraph (4), or of the expiration of the period afforded for making comments if none
have by then been received, give him written notice of their determination of the appeal but,
where they have upheld the decision of the chief officer and, within 10 days of being so
notified or within such longer period as the police authority may in all the circumstances
allow, the member makes written request to the police authority for the reference of the
matter to the Secretary of State, the matter shall be so referred and, unless and until the
determination of the police authority is confirmed by the Secretary of State, it shall be of no
effect and in particular, no action in pursuance thereof shall be taken under paragraph (6).
(5A) In a case where it appears to the police authority that–
(a) the member has adduced substantive reasons why he or a relative included in
his family should be permitted to have the business interest in question and
those reasons have not been considered by the chief officer, or
(b) in reaching his determination under paragraph (2) the chief officer failed to
apply fair procedures,
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April 2007
Regulation 7 page 2
then the authority may refer the matter back to the chief officer for redetermination under
paragraph (2).
(6) Where a member of a police force, or a relative included in his family, has a business
interest within the meaning of this regulation which the chief officer has determined, under
paragraph (2), to be incompatible with his remaining a member of the force and either the
member has not appealed against that decision under paragraph (3) or, subject to paragraph
(5), on such appeal, the police authority has upheld that decision, then, the chief officer may,
subject to the approval of the police authority, dispense with the services of that member;
and before giving such approval, the police authority shall give the member concerned an
opportunity to make representations and shall consider any representations so made.
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April 2007
Regulation 8 page 1
REGULATION 8
Business interests: supplementary
8. - (1) For the purposes of regulation 7, a member of a police force or, as the case may
be, a relative included in his family, shall have a business interest if -
(a) the member holds any office or employment for hire or gain (otherwise than as a
member of a police force) or carries on any business; or
(c) the member, his spouse or civil partner (in each case not being separated from him)
or any relative included in his family living with him holds, or possesses a pecuniary
interest in, any such licence or permit as is mentioned in paragraph (2);
and a reference to a relative included in a member's family shall include a reference to his
spouse, parent, son, daughter, brother, sister, civil partner or any person living with the
member as if they were his spouse or civil partner.
(2) The licence or permit referred to in paragraph (1)(c) is a licence or permit granted in
pursuance of the law relating to liquor licensing, refreshment houses or betting and gaming
or regulating places of entertainment in the area of the police force in question.
(3) If a member of a police force or a relative included in his family has a business
interest within the meaning of regulation 7 and, on that interest being notified or disclosed
as mentioned in regulation 7(1) or (1A), the chief officer has, by written notice, required the
member to furnish particulars of such changes in that interest, as respects its nature, extent
or otherwise, as may be mentioned in the notice then, in the event of any such change in
that interest being proposed or occurring, regulation 7 shall have effect as though the
changed interest were a newly proposed, or newly acquired, interest which has not been
notified or disclosed as aforesaid.
(4) In its application to a chief constable, deputy chief constable or assistant chief
constable, regulation 7 and this regulation shall have effect as if -
(a) for any reference therein to the chief officer there were substituted a reference to the
police authority;
(b) for any reference in regulation 7(3), (5) or (6) to an appeal there were substituted a
reference to a request for reconsideration; and
(c) the references in regulation 7(6) to the approval of the police authority were omitted;
but a police authority shall not dispense with the services of a chief constable, deputy chief
constable or assistant chief constable under regulation 7 without giving him an opportunity
of making representations and shall consider any representations so made.
(5) In its application to a member of the metropolitan police force, regulation 7 and this
regulation shall have effect as if for any reference to the chief officer there were substituted
a reference to an assistant commissioner of police of the metropolis; except that nothing in
this paragraph shall affect the power of the commissioner, subject to the approval of the
police authority, to dispense with the services of a member of the metropolitan police force
in pursuance of regulation 7(6).
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April 2007
Regulation 9 page 1
REGULATION 9
Business interests precluding appointment to a police force
9. - (1) Save in so far as the chief officer may allow at the request of the candidate
concerned, a person shall not be eligible for appointment to a police force if he or a relative
included in his family has a business interest within the meaning of regulation 7, and
paragraphs (1) and (2) of regulation 8 shall apply for the purposes of the interpretation of
this regulation as they apply for the purposes of regulation 7.
(2) In its application to a candidate for appointment as chief officer, deputy chief
constable or assistant chief constable, paragraph (1) shall have effect as if for any reference
to the chief officer there were substituted a reference to the police authority.
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April 2003
Regulation 10 page 1
REGULATION 10
ANNEX A REFERS
Qualifications for appointment to a police force
10. - (1) A candidate for appointment to a police force -
(a) must, if not a national of a Member State, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein, have
leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for an indefinite period;
(b) must produce satisfactory references as to character, and, if he has served in any
police force, in the armed forces, in the civil service or as a seaman, produce
satisfactory proof of his good conduct while so serving;
(c) must have attained the age of 18 years;
(d) must be certified by a registered medical practitioner approved by the police
authority to be in good health, of sound constitution and fitted both physically and
mentally to perform the duties on which he will be employed after appointment;
(e) must meet the standard of eyesight determined by the Secretary of State;
(f) must, if a candidate for appointment in the rank of constable, satisfy the chief officer
that he is sufficiently competent in written and spoken English, and sufficiently
numerate, by passing such assessments in written and spoken English, and
numeracy, as may be approved by the Secretary of State;
(g) must, if a candidate for appointment in the rank of sergeant, or inspector, be
qualified for promotion to such rank in accordance with the provisions of the
Promotion Regulations;
(h) must give such information as may be required as to his previous history or
employment or any other matter relating to his appointment to the police force.
(i) must, unless he is applying to transfer the force from another police force, on being
so required by the chief officer of the force to which he is a candidate for
appointment give a sample of saliva or urine to be tested in accordance with
procedures determined by the Secretary of State for evidence of such controlled drugs
as the Secretary of State may determine.
(2) A candidate for appointment to a police force shall be given a notice in terms
approved by the Secretary of State drawing attention to the terms and conditions of service
which shall be contained therein.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation -
(a) "armed forces" means the naval, military or air forces of the Crown including any
women's service administered by the Defence Council, and
(b) "seaman" has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.
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April 2007
Annex A page 1
ANNEX A
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 10
The standard of eyesight which must be met by a candidate for appointment to a police
force in respect of each of the matters specified in the first column of the following table
is that specified in the second column of the table.
Eyesight
Mandatory requirement
Static Visual
Corrected distance visual acuity must be 6/12 in either eye and 6/6 or
Acuity1
better, binocularly.
Corrected near static visual acuity must be 6/9 or better, binocularly.
[Applicants who do not reach the standard should not be rejected but
should be invited for a further test after obtaining a stronger
prescription].
Uncorrected visual acuity must be 6/36 or better, binocularly.
Corrected low contrast distance visual acuity must be 6/12 or better
for a 10% contrast target, binocularly.
Visual Field2
A field-of-view of at least 120 degrees horizontally by 100 degrees
vertically is required. The field-of-view should be free of any large
defective areas, particularly in the fovea. Single defects smaller than
the physiological blind spot, and multiple defects that add to an area
smaller than the physiological blind spot, should be acceptable.
Colour Vision3
Monochromats should be rejected.
Mild anomalous trichromats are acceptable and should be treated as
normals.
Severe anomalous trichromats and dichromats are also acceptable
and should be instructed in coping strategies.
[Applicants who show a lowered discrimination for blue colours
should be referred to an ophthalmologist for further assessment. This
should include a measure of their dark adaptation performance].
Spectacles and Correction should be worn where necessary to achieve 6/6
contact lenses
binocularly. Corrective spectacles and contact lenses are acceptable
for the tasks of an Operational Police Constable.
Eye Surgery
PRK, LASIK, LASEK, ICRS, cataract surgery: There is no significant
weakening of the cornea and applicants should not be rejected. A
period of at least 6 weeks after surgery should be allowed before
applications are accepted.There may be a reduction in low light level
visual performance: Test visual performance under low illuminance
conditions. Radial Keratotomy (RK), Arcuate Keratotomy (AK), corneal
grafts. Any other surgical procedures that result in a significant
weakening of the cornea. There is a measurable risk of corneal
rupture if the eye is struck. Applicants should be rejected.
Determination
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Annex A page 2
1
Acuity should be measured using a Snellen eye chart, or equivalent.
2
The field of view may be tested using a confrontation test. However, it is
recommended that forces use more sophisticated testing equipment, where possible.
If the results of the confrontation test suggest that there is a reduced visual field, or if
the results of the medical questionnaire suggest an increased risk of reduced visual
field, applicants should be referred to an ophthalmologist for a thorough examination
of their visual field.
3
Colour vision should be tested using the Farnsworth D-15 test. Applicants should not
wear ‘colour correcting’ lenses during the colour vision tests.
Determination
April 2003
Regulation 11 page 1
REGULATION 11
ANNEX B REFERS
Appointment of senior officers
11. - (1) Subject to section 11(1) of the Act and regulations 9 and 10, no person shall be
appointed as a chief constable of a police force unless he holds or has held such rank and for
such period as the Secretary of State shall determine in respect of such appointments.
(2) An appointment to the rank of -
(a) chief constable or deputy chief constable in a police force maintained under section
2 of the Act;
(b) commissioner, deputy commissioner, assistant commissioner, deputy assistant
commissioner in the metropolitan police force; or
(c) assistant commissioner or commander in the City of London police force,
shall be for a fixed term.
(2A) Subject to paragraph (2B), an appointment for a fixed term shall be for a maximum
of five years.
(2B) An appointment for a fixed term may be extended, by agreement of the police
authority and the person appointed, for a futher term of a maximum of three years and for
subsequent terms each of a maximum of one year, provided that any extension or subsequent
extension which is due to expire more that one year after the expiry of the original fixed term
shall require the consent of the Secretary of State.
(3) Paragraph (2) is without prejudice to any provision whereby a term of appointment
comes to an end on promotion, dismissal, the conclusion of disciplinary proceedings or
transfer to another police force and regulation 14 (retirement).
(4) The Secretary of State shall determine the circumstances in which a vacancy in a rank
specified in paragraph (2) or the rank of assistant chief constable in a poilce force maintained
under section 2 of the Act, or commander in the metropolitan police force or City of London
police force shall be advertised; if a vacancy is to be advertised, the advertisement shall
contain such detail and be published in such manner as the Secretary of State may determine.
The Secretary of State may determine that no appointment shall be made until after a date to
be specified in the advertisement.
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April 2007
Annex B page 1
ANNEX B
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 11
APPOINTMENT OF SENIOR OFFICERS
Part One. EXPERIENCE
Subject to section 11(1) of the Police Act 1996 and regulations 9 and 10 no person shall be
appointed as chief constable of a police force unless for a period of not less than two years
he holds or has held the rank of assistant chief constable (or commander in the
metropolitan police force or the City of London police force) or above:
1) in some other police force;
2) in the British Transport Police;
3) whilst engaged on relevant service within the meaning of section 97(1) of the Police
Act 1996; or
4) partly in one of the capacities above and partly in another.
Part Two. APPOINTMENTS TO BE ADVERTISED
1) Subject to paragraph (4), where a vacancy exists in one of the ranks specified in
paragraph (8), a notice of the vacancy which complies with paragraph (2) shall be
published by the relevant authority.
2) The notice referred to in paragraph (1) must-
a) invite applications to fill the vacancy;
b) be published in-
i)
not less than one newspaper, or
ii) not less than one journal which deals with police matters,
circulating throughout England and Wales; and
c) specify the date, which shall not be less than three weeks after the date of the
publication of the notice, by which applications must be made.
3) Subject to paragraph (4), no appointment shall be made to fill a vacancy in one of the
ranks specified in paragraph (8) until after the date specified in accordance with
paragraph (2)(c) in a notice in respect of that vacancy.
4) Paragraphs (1) and (3) shall not apply where-
a) the term of appointment of the person who currently holds the rank in which the
vacancy would otherwise occur is extended under regulation 11(2B), or
b) that person is appointed for a further term and the conditions set out in
paragraph (5) are satisfied.
Determination
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Annex B page 2
5) The conditions referred to in paragraph (4) are that-
a) the person who currently holds the rank in which the vacancy would otherwise
occur does so by virtue of an appointment under regulation 11(2);
b) the relevant appointment of that person was for a term which was less than the
maximum term authorised in respect of that person by regulation 11(2A); and
c) the term for which it is proposed to appoint that person (and for which that
person is subsequently appointed) is such that, when taken together with-
i)
the term for which he was appointed by the relevant appointment, and
ii) the term for which he was appointed by any subsequent appointment,
the terms in total do not exceed the maximum term of appointment to which he could
have been appointed at the time of the relevant appointment under regulation
11(2A).
6) In paragraph (5) “relevant appointment” means an appointment made under
regulation 11(2) after the procedures required by paragraphs (1) and (3) above have
been complied with.
7) In this determination “the relevant authority” means
a) in the case of the ranks specified in paragraph (8)(a), the police authority for the
force in question;
b) in the case of the ranks in paragraph (8)(b) and (c), the Commissioner of Police
of the Metropolis or, as the case may be, the Commissioner of the City of London
police.
8) The ranks specified for the purposes of this determination are-
a) chief constable, deputy chief constable or assistant chief constable of a police
force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996
b) commissioner, deputy commissioner, assistant commissioner, deputy assistant
commissioner or commander in the metropolitan police force, and
c) assistant commissioner or commander in the City of London police force.
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REGULATION 12
ANNEX C REFERS
Probationary service in the rank of constable
12. - (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a member of a police force appointed in the
rank of constable, other than such a member who transferred to the force from another police
force having completed the required period of probation therein, shall be on probation for
such period as the Secretary of State shall determine in respect of such appointments.
(2) In making a determination under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State may, subject
to paragraph (3), confer on the chief officer discretion to determine the required period of
probation in a particular case.
(3) For the purposes of a determination under paragraph (1), the periods to be counted
or disregarded in reckoning service shall be such as may be determined by the Secretary of
State.
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April 2003
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ANNEX C
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 12
PROBATIONARY SERVICE IN THE RANK OF CONSTABLE
1) A member of a police force appointed in the rank of constable other than such a
member who transferred to the force from another police force, having completed
the required period of probation therein, and not being a member to whom
paragraph (2) applies, shall unless paragraph (4) applies to his case, be on probation
for the first 2 years of his service as a constable in that police force following his last
appointment thereto or for such longer period as the chief officer determines in the
circumstances of a particular case.
2) A part-time member of a police force appointed in the rank of constable shall, unless
paragraph (4) applies to his case, be on probation for a period calculated in
accordance with paragraph (3) following his last appointment thereto or for such
longer period as the chief officer determines in the circumstances of a particular
case.
3) a) A part-time member of a police force appointed to the rank of constable shall be
required to serve on probation for a period of (40/A) x (2 years less any period
of probation served in that force otherwise than as a part-timer).
b) In sub paragraph (a) above ‘A’ = member’s normal weekly period of duty, as
defined in the determination made by the Secretary of State under Regulation
22.
4) A member of a police force to whom paragraph (1) or (2) applies who has served on
probation for a period of not less than a year following a previous appointment to that
or any other police force shall be on probation for the first year of his service as a
constable in the police force first mentioned in this paragraph following his last
appointment thereto or for such longer period as the chief officer determines in the
circumstances of a particular case.
Provided that the chief officer may at his discretion-
a) reduce the period of probation, so however that the reduced period, when
aggregated with the previous period of probation, shall not be less than 2 years
except that, in the case of a member who for any part of their probation is
appointed a part-time member, is not less than the period served full time in
probation plus the period calculated under paragraph 3(a) above, or
b) dispense with the period of probation, if the member, following his previous
appointment, completed the required period of probation in the force in
question.
5) For the purposes of this determination-
a) in reckoning service, any period of unpaid leave shall be disregarded;
b) in the case of a university scholar, in reckoning service his period of study shall
be disregarded;
c) in the case of a member who has been statutorily transferred from one force to
some other force, his service in those two forces shall be treated as if it were
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service in the same police force;
d) in the case of a member of a police force who has been transferred thereto from
an aerodrome constabulary by an order under section 30 of the Aviation
Security Act 1982, his service in that constabulary shall be treated as if it were
service in that police force.
e) in reckoning service in the case of a female member of a police force who has
taken one or more periods of maternity leave -
(i) where that leave has been for 26 weeks or more, the first 26 weeks whilst
on maternity leave shall be treated as if it were service in the police force;
(ii) where that leave has been for less than 26 weeks, any period spent on
maternity leave shall be treated as if it were service in the police force;
and where that member has, at the beginning of the fourteenth week before the
expected date of birth of the member’s child, as given in accordance with a
determination under regulation 33 (7), served continuously as a member of a police
force for a period of not less than 26 weeks, any period (not being a period of which
account has been taken under paragraph (i) or (ii)) spent on maternity leave during
the period of 29 weeks beginning with the week in which the child is born shall in
addition be treated as if it were service in the police force.
f)
in reckoning service in the case of a member of a police force who has taken one
or more periods of parental leave under regulation33(8)(b) and the
determination thereunder any period spent on parental leave shall be treated as
if it were service in the police force.
g) in reckoning service in the case of a member of a police force who has taken one
or more periods of maternity support leave under regulation 33 (8) (a) and the
determination thereunder, any period spent on maternity support leave shall be
treated as if it were service in the police force.
h) in reckoning service in the case of a member of a police force who has taken one
or more periods of adoption support leave under regulation 33 (8) (d) and the
determination thereunder, any period spent on adoption support leave shall be
treated as if it were service in the police force.
i)
in reckoning service in the case of a member of a police force who has taken one
or more periods of adoption leave -
i)
where that leave has been for 1 week or more, the first week whilst on
adoption leave shall be treated as if they were service in the police force;
ii) where that leave has been for less than 1 week, any period spent on
adoption leave shall be treated as if it were service in the police force;
and where that member has, at the end of the week in which they are notified of having
been matched with a child for adoption,served continuously as a member of a police force
for a period of not less than 26 weeks, any period spent on adoption leave during the
period of 26 weeks beginning with the week in which the child is placed with the officer
for adoption shall be treated as if it were service in the police force.
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REGULATION 13
Discharge of probationer
13. - (1) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, during his period of probation in the
force the services of a constable may be dispensed with at any time if the chief officer
considers that he is not fitted, physically or mentally, to perform the duties of his office, or
that he is not likely to become an efficient or well conducted constable.
(2) A constable whose services are dispensed with under this regulation shall be entitled
to receive a month's notice or a month's pay in lieu thereof.
(3) A constable's services shall not be dispensed with in accordance with this regulation
and any notice given for the purposes thereof shall cease to have effect if he gives written
notice to the police authority of his intention to retire and retires in pursuance of the said
notice on or before the date on which his services would otherwise be dispensed with; and
such a notice taking effect on that date shall be accepted by the police authority
notwithstanding that less than a month's notice is given.
(4) Where a constable has received a notice under this regulation that his services are to
be dispensed with and he gives written notice of his intention to retire and retires under
paragraph (3), he shall nevertheless be entitled to receive pay up to and until the date on
which the month's notice he has received would have expired or where he has received or is
due to receive a month's pay in lieu of notice he shall remain entitled to that pay
notwithstanding the notice he has given under paragraph (3).
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April 2003
Regulation 14 page 1
REGULATION 14
ANNEX D REFERS
Retirement
14. Members of a police force may retire in such circumstances as shall be determined
by the Secretary of State, and in making such a determination the Secretary of State may -
(a) require such notice of intention to retire as may be specified in the determination, or
such shorter notice as may have been accepted by the police authority, to be given
to that authority,
(b) require the consent of the chief officer to be obtained before giving such notice.
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April 2003
Annex D page 1
ANNEX D
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 14
RETIREMENT
1) Without prejudice to the following provisions:
a) The Police Pensions Regulations relating to compulsory retirement
b) The Conduct Regulations relating to resignation as an alternative to dismissal
c) Sections 9E(1) to (3), 11(2) to (4), 11A(3) and 12(3) of the Police Act 1996 relating
to retirement in the interests of efficiency or effectiveness: and subject to
paragraph (2), a member of a police force may retire only if he has given to the
police authority one month’s written notice of his intention to retire or such
shorter notice as may have been accepted by that authority:
Provided that, while suspended under the Conduct Regulations, a member may not,
without the consent of the chief officer of police, give notice for the purposes of this
determination or retire in pursuance of a notice previously given.
2) In the case of a chief officer of police, Deputy Commissioner of Police of the
Metropolis, Deputy Chief Constable, Assistant Commissioner of Police of the
Metropolis, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, commander
in the City of London or metropolitan police force or assistant chief constable,
paragraph (1) shall have effect as if-
a) for "one month’s" there were substituted "three months’ "; and
b) for "chief officer of police" there were substituted "police authority".
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REGULATION 15
Contents of personal records
15. - (1) The chief officer of a police force shall cause a personal record of each member
of the police force to be kept.
(2) The personal record shall contain -
(a) a personal description of the member;
(b) particulars of the member's place and date of birth;
(c) particulars of his marriage or civil partnership (if any) and of his children (if any);
(d) a record of his service (if any) in any branch of Her Majesty's naval, military or air
forces or in the civil service;
(e) a record of his service (if any) in any other police force and of his transfers (if any)
from one police force to another;
(ea)a record of his service (if any) in the Royal Parks Constabulary;
(f) a record of whether he passed or failed to pass any qualifying examination at which
he was a candidate;
(g) a record of his service in the police force and the date of his ceasing to be a member
of the police force with the reason, cause or manner thereof.
(3) The record of service kept in accordance with paragraph (2)(g) shall include
particulars of all promotions, postings, removals, injuries received, periods of illness,
commendations, rewards, sanctions other than cautions imposed under regulation 31 of the
Police (Conduct) Regulations 1999 or under regulation 17 of the Police (Efficiency)
Regulations 1999 but, subject to paragraph (4) -
(i) a sanction of a fine or of a reprimand shall be expunged after 3 years free from
sanction other than a caution;
(ii) any other sanction shall be expunged after 5 years free from sanction other than
a caution,
(iii) a sanction under regulation 17 of the Police (Efficiency) Regulations 1999 shall
be expunged after 2 years free from any such sanction.
(4) In the case of a period free from sanction other than a caution which expired before
1st January 1989, a sanction shall be expunged under paragraph (3) only if the member so
requests.
(5) Where following a review of a sanction imposed under regulation 31 of the Police
(Conduct) Regulations 1999 or under regulation 17 of the Police (Efficiency) Regulations
1999 the reviewing officer substitutes for the decision of the conduct hearing or, as the case
may be, inefficiency hearing a decision that the member concerned had not failed to meet the
appropriate standard or, as the case may be, that the performance or attendance of the
member concerned was not unsatisfactory, the sanction imposed by that hearing shall be
expunged forthwith.
(6) A member of a police force shall, if he so requests, be entitled to inspect his personal
record.
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April 2007
Regulation 16 page 1
REGULATION 16
Transfer of personal records
16. Where a member of a police force transfers to another police force his personal record
shall be transferred to the chief officer of that other police force.
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April 2003
Regulation 17 page 1
REGULATION 17
Personal record of member leaving force
17. - (1) Where a member of a police force ceases to be a member of that police force the
member shall, unless he transfers to another police force, be given a certificate showing his
rank and setting out the period of his service in that police force and in any other police force.
(2) The chief officer may append to the certificate any recommendation which he feels
justified in giving, such as that -
his conduct was exemplary;
his conduct was very good;
his conduct was good.
(3) Where a member of a police force ceases to be a member of that police force,
otherwise than by transferring to another police force, his personal record shall be kept for
such time as the chief officer may think fit and shall then be destroyed.
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Regulation 18 page 1
REGULATION 18
Fingerprints
18. - (1) Every member of a police force shall in accordance with the directions of the
chief officer have his fingerprints taken.
(2) Fingerprints of members of a police force taken in accordance with paragraph (1)
shall be kept separate from the fingerprints of persons whose fingerprints have been taken
otherwise than in accordance with that paragraph.
(3) The fingerprints of a member of a police force taken in accordance with paragraph
(1) and all copies and records thereof shall be destroyed on his ceasing to be a member of
that force, except that, where by reason of a statutory transfer he becomes a member of
another force, his fingerprints and all copies and records thereof shall be transferred to the
chief officer of that other police force.
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April 2003
Regulation 19 page 1
REGULATION 19
Samples
19. - (1) Every member of a police force, except those members appointed following their
transfer from another police force, shall on appointment and in accordance with the
directions of the chief officer have a sample taken.
(2) Samples or the information derived from samples of members of a police force taken
in accordance with this regulation shall be kept separate from the samples or the information
derived from samples taken in accordance with section 63 of the Police and Criminal
Evidence Act 1984.
(3) The samples or information derived from samples of a member of a police force taken
in accordance with this regulation, and all copies and records thereof shall be destroyed on
his ceasing to be a member of that police force except by reason of a transfer to another force.
(4) In this regulation "sample" means -
(a) a sample of hair, other than pubic hair, complete with roots;
(b) saliva; or
(c) a swab taken from the mouth.
Testing for substance misuse
19A - (1)
The Chief officer of a police force may require any member of the force who –
(a) gives the chief officer reasonable cause to suspect that he has used a controlled drug;
(b) is on a period of probation under regulation 12;
(c) has been identified by the chief officer as being vulnerable because of a specific
responsibility for dealing with drugs; or
(d) is of a description specified in a determination of the Secretary of State;
to give a sample of saliva or urine to be tested for evidence of controlled drugs in accordance
with procedures determined by the Secretary of State.
(2) The chief officer of a police force may require a member of the force who falls within
paragraph (1)(d) to give a sample of breath to be tested for evidence of alcohol in accordance
with procedures determined by the Secretary of State.
(3) A member of the police force who –
(a) on giving a sample under paragraph (1) is found to have taken a controlled drug
specified in a determination of the Secretary of State; or
(b) falls within paragraph (1)(d) and who, on giving a sample under paragraph (2), is
found to have more than 13 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath
shall face such consequences as a specified in that determination.
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April 2007
Regulation 20 page 1
REGULATION 20
PART 3
DUTY
Duty to carry out lawful orders
20. Every member of a police force shall carry out all lawful orders and shall at all times
punctually and promptly perform all appointed duties and attend to all matters within the
scope of his office as a constable.
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Regulation 21 page 1
REGULATION 21
Limitations on duties to be assigned to members statutorily transferred
21. - (1) Where a member of a police force has previously served in a police force for an
area comprised in whole or in part in the area for which his present force is maintained and
he ceased to be a member of his former force and became a member of his present force by
reason only of one or more such statutory transfers as are mentioned in paragraph (2) then,
subject to paragraph (3), he shall not be assigned to duties which, in the opinion of the
Secretary of State, make it necessary for him to move his home to a place which is outside
the area for which his former force was maintained.
(2) In paragraph (1) the reference to a statutory transfer is a reference to a statutory
transfer being -
(a) prior to 1st April 1995, a transfer in accordance with the provisions of an
amalgamation scheme under the Police Act 1964;
(b) on or after 1st April 1995, a transfer in accordance with an order made under section
21 or 21A of the Police Act 1964 or section 32 of the Act;
(c) a transfer taking effect on 1st April 1974,
except that where the former force was the police force for a borough the said reference is to
any statutory transfer.
(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a person by reason of his previous service in a
particular police force if -
(a) since he became a member of that police force he has been a chief officer;
(b) after he was statutorily transferred from that police force he has given written notice
to the chief officer of the police force of which he was at the time a member that the
protection accorded by paragraph (1) should cease to apply to him, or
(c) that force was a county or combined police force and after he was statutorily
transferred therefrom but before 1st February 1968 he was assigned to such duties as
are mentioned in paragraph (1),
without prejudice, however, to the application of paragraph (1) to him by reason of service
in another police force after his statutory transfer from the force first mentioned in this
paragraph and before his statutory transfer to his present force.
(4) Paragraph (1) shall apply in the case of a member of a police force who ceased to be
such and became a serviceman, a reversionary member of a home police force or a central
police officer -
(a) where on ceasing to be such, he resumed service in or, as the case may be, exercised
his right of reversion to, his former force, as if he had not ceased to be a member of
that force, or
(b) where on ceasing to be such, he resumed service in or, as the case may be, exercised
his right of reversion to some other force to which members of his former force had
been transferred as mentioned in paragraph (2), as if he had been so transferred from
his former force to that other force.
(5) In this regulation, "present force" and "former force" mean, respectively, the force
first mentioned and that secondly mentioned in paragraph (1).
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November 2003
Regulation 22 page 1
REGULATION 22
ANNEX E REFERS
Duty
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;
(e) the circumstances in which travelling time may be treated as duty.
(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(b); 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 police authority 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.
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ANNEX E
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 22
DUTY
1)
HOURS OF DUTY
a) Paragraph 1 of this Annex applies to every member, other than a part-time
member, of a police force of the rank of constable or sergeant who is not
assigned to duties which the Secretary of State has specially excepted from the
provisions of this paragraph.
b) The normal daily period of duty (including the period for refreshment referred
to (in sub-paragraph (c)) of a member shall, except in the case of a member
working in accordance with variable shift arrangements, be 8 hours.
c) As far as the exigencies of duty permit:
i)
The normal daily period of duty (or, in the case of a member working in
accordance with variable shift arrangements, a shift) shall be performed in
one tour of duty; and
ii) Apart from where a member has taken a half day’s annual leave or is
working in accordance with variable shift arrangements, an interval of 45
minutes shall be allowed for refreshment.
iii) Where in one day a member working in accordance with variable shift
arrangements is on duty for a continuous period of 5 hours or more, time
for refreshment shall, as far as the exigencies of duty permit, be allowed as
in the following table:
Number of hours
Refreshment time
Less than 6 hours
30 minutes
6 hours or more, but less than 7 hours
35 minutes
7 hours or more, but less than 8 hours
40 minutes
8 hours or more, but less than 9 hours
45 minutes
9 hours or more, but less than 10 hours
50 minutes
10 hours or more
60 minutes
d) Where a member is required to perform his normal daily period of duty (or in
the case of a member working in accordance with variable shift arrangements,
a shift) in more than one tour of duty and does not travel to and from his home
between tours, an interval for refreshment and rest shall normally be included
at the beginning or end of one of those tours.
2)
VARIABLE SHIFT ARRANGEMENTS
a) A chief officer may bring into operation variable shift arrangements, agreed by
him with the joint branch board, for all or any particular class of members below
the rank of inspector (below the rank of superintendent for part-time members).
b) Variable shift arrangements must provide, for full-time members for whom they
are in operation:
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i) for hours of duty equivalent to those of a member with a normal daily
period of duty of 8 hours (including a period for refreshment) and who
receives a day’s leave on each public holiday and 2 rest days per week;and
ii) for annual leave equivalent to that granted in accordance with regulation
33 and the Secretary of State’s determination of the annual leave of
members of police forces thereunder.
c) Variable shift arrangements must provide, for part-time members for whom they
are in operation:
i) a normal period of duty in every relevant period as in paragraph (6) below;
and
ii) for annual leave equivalent to that granted in accordance with regulation
33 and the Secretary of State’s determination of the annual leave of
members of police forces thereunder.
3)
DUTY ROSTERS
a) A chief officer shall cause to be published, in accordance with this
determination, duty rosters for members of his force of the rank of constable or
sergeant (and inspector and chief inspector in the case of part-time members)
and, in the determinations made under the Police Regulations 2003:
i)
a reference to a rostered rest day is to be construed, in relation to a
member of a police force who is required to do duty on that day, as a
reference to a day which according to the duty roster was, immediately
before he was so required to do duty, to have been a rest day for the
member; and
ii) a day off granted in lieu of a rostered rest day shall be treated as a rostered
rest day.
b) A chief officer shall cause each such roster to be drawn up and published, after
full consultation with the Joint Branch Board, at intervals not exceeding 12
months and not later than one month before the date on which it starts.
c) Each such roster shall set out, for at least three months (except one relating to a
part-time member who has agreed with the chief officer on a different period)
following the date on which it comes into force, in relation to each member of
the force to which it relates:
i)
his rest days;
ii) those days, being public holidays, on which he may be required to do
duty; and
iii) the times at which his scheduled daily periods of duty (rostered shifts for
members working variable shift arrangements and for part-time members)
are to begin and end; and
iv) for part-time members, his free days.
d) A reference to a ‘free day’ is to be construed as a reference to a day which is not:
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i)
a day on which, according to the duty roster, a shift is to begin or end;
ii) a rostered rest day; or
iii) a public holiday.
e) Subject to paragraph (f), a duty roster shall make provision for:
i) an interval of not less than 11 hours between the ending of each of a
member’s daily periods of duty (or in the case of a part-time member or a
member working in accordance with variable shift arrangements, his
shifts) and the beginning of the next; and
ii) an interval between each of his rostered rest days not exceeding 7 days,
unless in the case of a part-time member, a longer interval has been
agreed between the member and the chief officer;
unless the Joint Branch Board agrees otherwise, such agreement providing for
an equivalent period of compensatory rest.
f)
Where, owing to the exigencies of duty, it is necessary to alter a duty roster, the
officer responsible for making the alteration shall endeavour, so far as
practicable, to avoid thereby requiring a member to do an additional daily
period of duty or, in the case of a part-time member or a member working in
accordance with variable shift arrangements, a shift, in circumstances where the
conditions in sub-paragraph (e)(i) and (ii) would not be satisfied in relation
thereto.
g) Where a duty roster is altered in accordance with subparagraph f) and a
member is required to do an additional daily period of duty or a shift in
circumstances where the conditions in sub-paragraph (e)(i) and (ii) are not
satisfied in relation thereto, that member shall be entitled to an equivalent
period of compensatory rest.
4)
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, REST DAYS AND MONTHLY LEAVE DAYS
a)
Constables and Sergeants
i)
So far as the exigencies of duty permit, a member of a police force of the
rank of constable or sergeant shall be allowed a day’s leave on each public
holiday and be granted rest days at the rate of two rest days (or, in the case
of a member working in accordance with variable shift arrangements, not
less than two rest days) in respect of each week.
ii) The provisions for compensation in lieu of public holidays and rostered rest
days are such as are found in regulation 26 and the determination
thereunder.
b)
Inspectors and Chief Inspectors
Every member of a police force of the rank of inspector or chief inspector shall,
so far as the exigencies of duty permit, be allowed a day’s leave on each public
holiday and be granted rest days at the rate of two rest days in each week.
c)
Ranks above Chief Inspector
Every member of a police force of, or above, the rank of superintendent shall, so
far as the exigencies of duty permit, be allowed a day’s leave on each public
holiday and be granted in each month:
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i)
in the case of a member of a police force of the rank of superintendent or chief
superintendent, 8 monthly leave days;
ii) in any other case, 11⁄2 monthly leave days.
5)
TRAVELLING TIME TREATED AS DUTY
a) This paragraph applies where a full-time member of a police force is:
i)
required to perform his normal daily period of duty (or in the case of a
member working in accordance with variable shift arrangements, his shift)
in more than one tour of duty; or
ii) recalled to duty between two tours of duty ( in the case of a member
working in accordance with variable shift arrangements, two shifts)
and travels to and from his home between tours (in the case of a member working
variable shift arrangements, between shifts), or as the case may be, in consequence
of his recall, (in this determination referred to as “relevant travelling”).
b) This paragraph applies to a part-time member where:
i) a shift consists of two separate periods; or
ii) he is recalled to duty between two shifts;
and he travels to and from his home between those periods or, as the case may be, in
consequence of his recall, (in this determination referred to as “relevant travelling”).
c) In computing any period of overtime for the purposes of regulation 25 and the
determination thereunder or any period of duty for the purpose of regulation 26
and the determination thereunder (save for the purposes of sub-paragraph 3(g)
of the determination thereunder) the time occupied by such a member in
relevant travelling, not exceeding such reasonable limit as may be fixed by the
chief officer of police, shall be treated as a period of duty.
6)
PART-TIME MEMBERS
Normal Period of Duty
a) i)
This paragraph applies to every part-time member of a police force below
the rank of superintendent
ii) The normal period of duty in every relevant period of a part-time member
of a police force to whom this determination applies, which is to be
performed in accordance with general arrangements made by the chief
officer of police after consulting the police authority and local
representatives of the representative bodies, is, subject to sub paragraph
(v) the total number of hours determined by the chief officer with the
agreement of the member at the time of his appointment.
iii) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (ii) a day of annual leave counts as a
period of duty of 8 hours multiplied by the appropriate factor.
iv) The chief officer shall review a member’s normal period of duty at intervals
of not more than 52 weeks, and in doing so shall have regard to the number
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of hours actually spent on duty during the interval preceding the review.
v) After a review under sub-paragraph(iv) or (vi):
(1) any number of hours different from that determined under sub-
paragraph (ii) which was determined by the chief officer and agreed
to by the member becomes the member’s normal period of duty, and
(2) if no different number was agreed to by the member, his normal
period of duty is the number of hours determined on the last previous
review, or where no such review has taken place, under sub-
paragraph (ii).
vi) In addition to any review required under sub-paragraph (v), a member or
the chief officer may require a further review where there has been or is
likely to be significant changes in the normal daily period of duty or in the
circumstances of the member.
vii) On any review under sub-paragraph (vi) the chief officer shall have regard
to the number of hours actually spent on duty during the interval
preceding the review.
viii) As far as the exigencies of duty permit, a shift shall consist of one
continuous period.
ix) Periods allowed for Refreshment
Where in one day a member is on duty for a continuous period of 5 hours
or more, an interval for refreshment shall, as far as the exigencies of duty
permit, be allowed in accordance with the Table below:
Number of hours
Refreshment time
Less than 6 hours
30 minutes
6 hours or more, but less than 7 hours
35 minutes
7 hours or more, but less than 8 hours
40 minutes
8 hours or more, but less than 9 hours
45 minutes
9 hours or more, but less than 10 hours
50 minutes
10 hours or more
60 minutes
x) Where a shift consists of two periods amounting in total to 5 hours or more
and the member does not travel to and from his home between those
periods, an interval for refreshment and rest shall normally be included at
the beginning or end of one of them.
b) For the purposes of this paragraph, in relation to a part–time member of a police
force:
i) the determined hours are the number of hours which the chief officer has
determined as his normal period of duty in a relevant period,
ii) a relevant period is a period for which a duty roster relating to him has
effect for the time being under paragraph 3 , and
iii) the appropriate factor is A/B, where
A is the number of determined hours, and
B is 40 times the number of weeks in the relevant period.
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c) In relation to a member of a police force in a job share arrangement the
appropriate factor is 1⁄2.
7) a) In this determination and determinations made under regulations 25 and 33,
“day”, in relation to members of a police force, means a period of 24 hours
commencing at such time or times as the chief officer shall fix and the chief
officer may fix different times in relation to different groups of members.
b) In discharging his functions under sub paragraph (a) above, the chief officer
shall have regard to the wishes of the joint branch board.
8)
OFFICERS WORKING AT NIGHT
a) Any member who regularly works for at least three hours of his daily working
time between 11pm and 6am,irrespective of the pattern of duty worked,shall be
treated as if he were a night worker for the purposes of regulation 2 (1) of the
Working Time Regulations 1998.
9)
WORKING TIME
The following periods 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;
a) time spent in travel, outside of rostered duty hours and not covered by
paragraph 5 of this Annex, to and from duty at a place other than the normal
place of duty;
b) time spent in travel to and from training courses other than at the usual place of
duty.
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REGULATION 23
Meetings of Police Federation treated as police duty
23. - (1) The attendance of a member of a police force at one of the following meetings
of the Police Federation, that is to say, a quarterly meeting of a branch board, an ordinary
meeting of a central committee, a meeting of the conferences arrangements committee, the
annual meeting of the joint central committee with the joint central committee of the Scottish
Police Federation and the central committee of the Police Federation for Northern Ireland, the
annual meeting of a central conference or a women's regional conference shall be treated as
an occasion of police duty.
(2) Subject to the approval of the chief officer, the attendance of a member of a police
force at an additional meeting of a branch board of the Police Federation or at a meeting of
a committee of a branch board shall be treated as an occasion of police duty.
(3) Subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, the attendance of a member of a
police force at a meeting of the Police Federation, other than such a meeting as is mentioned
in paragraph (1) or (2), shall be treated as an occasion of police duty.
Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 527
April 2003
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REGULATION 24
ANNEXES F AND H REFER
PART 4
PAY
Pay
24. - (1) Subject to the following provisions of this Part, the pay of members of police
forces shall be determined by the Secretary of State, and in making such a determination the
Secretary of State may -
(a) confer such functions in relation to the pay of members of a police force above the
rank of chief superintendent on the police authority;
(b) where the pay of a member of a police force of the rank of chief inspector or below
is payable subject to such conditions as may be specified in the determination, confer
on a member of that police force senior in rank to that member, or on a person
employed by the police authority under section 15 of the Act, such functions in
relation to those conditions,
as he thinks fit.
(2) Subject to regulations 42, 43 and 44 and section 97(3) of the Act, in reckoning the
service of a member of a police force in any rank for the purposes of pay, account shall be
taken of all his service in that rank, whether in that or another police force, and service in a
higher rank, on temporary promotion thereto or otherwise, shall be treated as if it had been
service in that rank.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation in reckoning a member's service in any rank -
(a) that service shall be treated as unbroken by, and including, any period of service in
Her Majesty's forces which he is entitled to reckon as pensionable service;
(b) except where the police authority in the circumstances of a particular case otherwise
determine with the approval of the Secretary of State, no account shall be taken of
any previous service in that rank which terminated in his reduction in rank as a
punishment but any previous service in a higher rank which so terminated shall be
treated as if it had been service in the rank to which the member was reduced;
(c) no account shall be taken of any performance of the duties of that rank in respect of
which a temporary salary is payable under regulation 27;
(d) any period of unpaid leave shall be disregarded;
(e) any part-time service shall be taken into account as though it were full-time service;
(f) in the case of a female member who has taken one or more periods of maternity
leave, in respect of each maternity period -
(i) where that leave has been for 26 weeks or more, account shall be taken of the
first 26 weeks whilst on maternity leave;
(ii) where that leave has been for less than 26 weeks, account shall be taken of any
period spent on maternity leave;
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April 2007
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and where that member has, at the beginning of the fourteenth week before the
expected date of birth of the member's child, as given in accordance with a
determination under regulation 33(7), served continuously as a member of a police
force for a period of not less than 26 weeks, account shall in addition be taken of any
period (not being a period of which account has been taken under paragraph (i) or
(ii)) spent on maternity leave during the period of 29 weeks beginning with the week
in which the child is born;
(g) account shall be taken of any period of parental leave taken in accordance with a
determination under regulation 33(8)(b);
(h) in the case of a member who has taken one or more periods of adoption leave, in
respect of each adopted child -
(i) where that leave has been for one week or more, account shall be taken of the
first week whilst on adoption leave;
(ii) where that leave has been for less than one week, account shall be taken of any
period spent on adoption leave;
and where that member has, at the end of the week in which they are notified of being
matched with a child for adoption, served continuously as a member of a police force for a
period of not less than 26 weeks, account shall be in addition be taken of any period spent
on adoption leave during the period of 26 weeks beginning with the week in which the child
is placed with the officer for adoption;
(i) in the case of a member who has taken one or more periods of maternity support
leave, account shall be taken of any period of such leave taken in accordance with a
determination under regulation 33(8)(a);
(j) in the case of a member who has taken one or more periods of adoption support
leave, account shall be tkane of any period of such leave taken in accordance with a
determination under regulation 33(8)(d).
and, in the case of a member of a police force of a rank higher than that of chief inspector,
paragraph (2) shall have effect subject to any contrary agreement so far as it relates to the
reckoning of previous service in that or another force, not being a force from which he was
statutorily transferred to his present force.
(4) Nothing in this regulation shall affect the operation of any provisions of the Conduct
Regulations and, in relation to a member of a police force suspended or fined thereunder the
provisions of paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 2 or of paragraph 4 thereof shall have effect.
(5) A determination under paragraph (1) shall have effect in relation to a university
scholar subject to the provisions of any determination for the time being in force under
regulation 32.
Statutory Instrument 2006 No. 3449
April 2007
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ANNEX F
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 24
PAY
Part:
1. GAIN FROM PROMOTION
2. CONSTABLES’ PAY
3. SERGEANTS’ PAY
4. INSPECTORS’ PAY
5. CHIEF INSPECTORS’ PAY
6. SUPERINTENDENTS’ PAY
6(i) SUPERINTENDENTS’ PAY
6(ii) SUPERINTENDENTS’ PAY – RANGE 2 PROTECTED PAY SCALE FOR
SUPERINTENDENTS APPOINTED TO RANGE II POSTS PRIOR TO
1ST JANUARY 2002
7. CHIEF SUPERINTENDENTS’ PAY
8. CHIEF OFFICERS
9. COMPETENCE RELATED THRESHOLD PAYMENT FOR CONSTABLES,
SERGEANTS, INSPECTORS AND CHIEF INSPECTORS
10. LONDON WEIGHTING
11. PART-TIME MEMBERS
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Part 1.
GAIN FROM PROMOTION
1
When a member is promoted to a higher rank, the rate of pay payable to the member
in the higher rank shall always be higher than the rate of pay the member would have
received had he not been promoted and shall be set at a rate which is not less than
the rate appropriate to the pay point which, in the higher rank, is immediately above
the rate of pay the member would have been receiving but for his promotion.
2
For so long as the member continues to serve in the higher rank, he shall be paid at
the rate identified in paragraph (1) until, in accordance with the terms of service
appropriate to the member’s new rank, a higher pay point becomes applicable.
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Part 2.
CONSTABLES’ PAY
Pay point
With effect from
With effect from
1 April 2003
1 September 2003
£
£
On commencing service
18,666
19,227
On completion of initial training
20,838
21,462
2
22, 047(a)
22,707 (a)
3
22, 620
23,298
4
23,394
24,096
5
24,129
24,852
6
24,903
25,650
7
25,615
26,382
8
26,250
27,039
9
27,090
27,903
10
28,071
28,914
11
28,728
29,589
12
29,307 (b)
30,186 (b)
(a) All members move to this salary point on completion of two years’ service as a
constable.
(b) Members who have been on this point for a year will have access to the competence
related threshold payment .
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New Pay Scales for Constables’ with effect from 1st April 2004.
The pay point 3 on the constables’ scale will be removed, to create a new 12-point pay
scale.With effect from 1 April 2004,members should move sideways from the current scale
in the second column to the fourth column in the table below. If there is a blank space, then
members should move directly onto the next highest point. In practice, this will affect all
members on the current pay point 3 (£23,298), who will move on to the new pay point 3
(£24,096).
Pay point
With effect from
Pay point
With effect from 1
1 September 2003
April 2004
£
£
On commencing
19,227
On commencing
19,227
service
service
On completion of
21,462
On completion of
21,462
initial training
initial training
2
22,707 (a)
2
22,707 (a)
3
23,298
4
24,096
3
24,096
5
24,852
4
24,852
6
25,650
5
25,650
7
26,382
6
26,382
8
27,039
7
27,039
9
27,903
8
27,903
10
28,914
9
28,914
11
29,589
10
29,589
12
30,186 (b)
11
30,186 (b)
(a) All members move to this salary point on completion of two years’ service as a
constable.
(b) Members who have been on this point for a year will have access to the competence
related threshold payment .
Anomalies
To counteract the anomalies arising from both assimilation to the above new pay scale,and
that implemented with effect from 1 April 2003, the incremental dates of members listed
below will, for pay purposes only, change where indicated in the following table:
Member’s start date Incremental
date
On or before 1 October 1991
No change
Between 2 October 1991
Change to 1 October from 2003
and 30 September 1992:
Between 2 October 1992
no change
and 30 September 1993:
Between 2 October 1993
change to 1 October from 2003
and 30 September 1994:
Between 2 October 1994
no change
and 30 September 1999
Between 2 October 1999
change to 1 October from 2004
and 30 September 2000:
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Post 2 October 2000:
no change
Any member with a 1st October start date does not change. The above changes to
incremental dates will need to remain in place until members reach the top of the
constables’ scale, in order to avoid yet further anomalies arising.
All other members move on to the next point in the scale in accordance with their normal
incremental dates.
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CONSTABLES’ PAY with effect from 1st September 2004
Pay Point
Annual salary
On commencing service
19,803
On completion of
initial training
22,107
2
(*)
23,388
3
24,819
4
25,599
5
26,421
6
27,174
7
27,849
8
28,740
9
29,781
10
30,477
11
31,092 **
*
All members move to this salary point on completion of two years’ service as a
constable.
** Members who have been on this point for a year will have access to the competence
related threshold payment.
CONSTABLES’ PAY with effect from 1st April 2005 and 1 September 2005
Annual salary
Pay Point
With effect from 1 April 05 With effect from 1 Sept 05
On commencing service 19,803
20,397
On completion of initial
training
22,107
22,770
2
23,388 (a)
24,090(a)
3
24,819
25,563
4
25,599
26,367
5
26,421
27,213
6
27,174
27,990
7
27,849
28,683
8
28,740
29,601
9
30,477
31,392
10
31,092 (b)
32,025 (b)
(a) All members move to this salary point on completion of two years’ service as a
constable.
(b) Members who have been on this point for a year will have access to the competence
related threshold payment
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CONSTABLES’ PAY with effect from 1st September 2005 and 1 September 2006
Pay point
With effect from
With effect from
1 September 2005
1 September 2006
On commencing Service 20,397
21,009
On Completion of initial
training
22,770
23,454
2
24,090(a)
24,813(a)
3
25,563
26,331
4
26,367
27,159
5
27,213
28,029
6
27,990
28,830
7
28,683
29,544
8
29,601
30,489
9
31,392
32,334
10
32,025
32,985 (b)
(a) All officers move to this salary point on completion of two years’ service as a
constable.
(b) Officers who have been on this point for a year will have access to competence
related threshold payment.
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CONSTABLES’ PAY SCALE – ASSIMILATION PROCEDURE
1.
The former constables’ pay scale of fifteen points has been reduced by four points
over two years from April 2003.
2.
With effect from 1 April 2003 two points were removed, namely, the former 8 and 10
years’ service points, to create a new 13-point pay scale.
3
With effect from 1 April 2004, the 3 years’ service point on the constables’ scale was
removed, to create a new 12-point pay scale.
4.
With effect from 1 April 2005 the 9 years’ service point as at 31 March 2004 has been
removed to create a new 11-point pay scale, the top point of which will be reached in
ten years.
5.
With effect from 1 April 2005, members who were on the former 9 years service point
should be placed on the new 9 years service point and those on the former 10 years
service point should be placed on the new 10 years service point. Members on the
former 11 years service point should be placed on the new 10 years service point.
Anomalies
6.
Anomalies will arise with this assimilation method whereby some officers will be
overtaken in the pay scales by other officers recruited up to a year later, due to the
inter-relationship between individuals’ incremental dates and the effective dates of
implementation of the new pay scales.
7.
To counteract these anomalies arising from both assimilation to the above new pay
scale, and that implemented with effect from 1 April 2003, the following changes to
certain members’ incremental dates will apply. The incremental dates of members
listed below will, for pay purposes only, change in accordance with the following
table:
Officer’s start date
Incremental date
Pre-1 October 1991
no change
Between 2 October 1991
change to 1 October from 2003
and 30 September 1992:
Between 2 October 1992
no change
and 30 September 1993:
Between 2 October 1993
change to 1 October from 2003
and 30 September 1994:
Between 2 October 1994
no change
and 30 September 1999:
Between 2 October 1999
change to 1 October from 2004
and 30 September 2000:
Post-2 October 2000:
no change
8.
A member with a 1st October start date does not change. The above changes to
incremental dates will need to remain in place until members reach the top of the
constables’ scale, in order to avoid yet further anomalies arising.
9.
All other members move on to the next point in the scale in accordance with their
normal incremental dates.
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Part 3
SERGEANTS’ PAY with effect from 1st April 2003
Pay point
With effect from 1 April 2003
£
0
29,307(a)
1
30,312(b)
2
31,329
3
31,998
4
32,940(c)
SERGEANTS’ PAY with effect from 1st September 2003
Pay point
With effect from 1 September 2003
£
0
30,186 (a)
1
31,221(b)
2
32,268
3
32,958
4
33,927 (c)
(a)
Entry point for members promoted from constables’ pay point 10 or less.
(b)
Entry point for members promoted from constables’ pay point 11.
(c)
Members who have been on this point for a year will have access to the
competence related threshold payment.
Anomalies
To counteract these anomalies arising from assimilation onto the new pay scale
implemented with effect from 1 April 2003, the incremental dates of members
listed below were for pay purposes only, changed as indicated below:
Entry date to rank
Incremental date
Pre-1 October 2001
No change
Between 2 October 2001
Changed to 1 October 2003
and 30 September 2002:
no change
Post-2 October 2002
These changes to remain in place until members reached the top of the sergeants’ scale.
Anomalies did not in fact arise for those members promoted to the rank between 2
October 2001 and 30 September 2002 who had 12 or more years’ reckonable service as a
constable. Therefore, such members promoted to the rank between 1 April 2002 and 30
September 2002 shall, with retrospective effect, have their previous increment dates
reinstated.
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SERGEANTS’ PAY with effect from 1st September 2004
Pay Point
Annual salary
0
31,092 (a)
1
32,157 (b)
2
33,237
3
33,948
4
34,944 (c)
(a)
Entry point for members promoted from constable’s pay point 10 or less
(b)
Entry point for members promoted from constable’s pay point 11.
(c)
Members who have been on this point for a year will have access to the
competence related threshold payment
SERGEANTS’ PAY with effect from 1 April 2005 and 1 September 2005
Pay Point
Annual salary with effect
Annual salary with effect from 1
from 1 April 2005
September 2005
0
31,092 (a)
32,025(a)
1
32,157 (b)
33,123 (b)
2
33,237 34,233
3
33,948
34,965
4
34,944 (c)
35,991 (c)
(a)
Entry point for members promoted from constable’s pay point 9 or less
(b)
Entry point for members promoted from constable’s pay point 10.
(c)
Members who have been on this point for a year will have access to the
competence related threshold payment
Part 3
SERGEANTS’ PAY with effect from 1st September 2005 and 1st September 2006
Pay Point
With effect from
With effect from
1 September 2005
1 September 2006
0
32,025 (a)
32,985 (a)
1
33,123 (b)
34,116 (b)
2
34,233
35,259
3
34,965
36,015
4
35,991 (c)
37,071 (c)
(a)
Entry point for members promoted from constables’ pay point 9 or less.
(b)
Entry point for members promoted from constables’ pay point 10.
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(c)
Members who have been on this point for a year will have access to the
competence related threshold payment.
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Part 4
INSPECTORS’ PAY (London salaries in brackets)
Pay point
Annual salary with effect from
Annual salary with effect from
1 April 2003
1 September 2003
£
£
0
37,551 (39,198)
38,679 (40,374)
1
38,610 (40,257)
39,768 (41,466)
2
39,669 (41,322)
40,860 (42,561)
3
40,731 (a) (42,287) (a)
41,952 (a) 43,659 (a)
(a) Members who have been on this point for a year will have access to the competence
related threshold payment
INSPECTORS’ PAY with effect from 1st September 2004
Pay Point
Annual salary (London salaries in brackets)
0
39,840 (41,586)
1
40,962 (42,711)
2
42,087 (43,839)
3
43,212 (a) (44,970) (a)
NB. London salaries apply only to members in the Metropolitan and City of London police
forces
(a Members who have been on this point for a year will have access to the competence
related threshold payment.
INSPECTORS’ PAY with effect from 1 September 2005
Pay Point
Annual salary (London salaries in brackets) £
0
41,034 (43,834)
1
42,192 (43,992)
2
43,350 (45,153)
3
44,508 (a) (46,320)
NB. London salaries apply only to members in the Metropolitan and City of London police
forces
(a) Members who have been on this point for a year will have access to the competence
related threshold payment
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INSPECTORS’ PAY with effect from 1 September .06
Pay point
Annual salary (London salaries in brackets) £
0
42,264 (44,118)
1
43,458 (45,312)
2
44,649 (46,509)
3
45,843 (a) (47,709) (a)
NB. London salaries apply only to members in the Metropolitan and City of London police
forces
(a) Officers who have been on this point for a year will have access to the competence
related threshold payment.
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Part 5
CHIEF INSPECTORS’ PAY wef 1 April 2003
Pay Point
Annual salary
1
41,562 (43,221)
2
42,399 (44,052)
CHIEF INSPECTORS’ PAY with effect from 1 September 2003
Chief Inspectors’ Pay (London salaries in brackets)
Pay point
Annual salary with effect from 1 September 2003
£
1
42,810 (a) (44,517) (a)
2
43,671 (45,375)
3
44,571 (b) (46,275) (b)
(a) Entry point for a member appointed to the rank, unless the chief officer of police
assigns the member to a higher point.
(b) Members who have been on this point for a year will have access to the competence
related threshold payment
NB. London salaries apply only to members in the Metropolitan and City of London
police forces.
ASSIMILATION PROCEDURE
i.
All chief inspectors who, as at 1 September 2003 had been on pay point 2 for a year
or more, will move onto the new pay point 3 with effect from 1 September 2003.
ii. Chief inspectors who have completed a year or more at pay point 2 since 1
September 2003 will move onto the new pay point 3 with effect from the date they
completed a year at pay point 2.
COMPETENCE-RELATED THRESHOLD PAY
i.
All chief inspectors in receipt of CRTP as at 1 September 2003 will retain their CRT
payment on moving to new pay point 3.
ii. All chief inspectors not in receipt of CRTP who move onto the new pay point 3 will be
eligible to apply for the payment one year after the effective date of their move onto
pay point 3.
Chief Inspectors in post as chief inspectors at 31 August 1994 (London salaries in
brackets)
Annual salary with effect from 1 April 2003 Annual salary with effect from
1 September 2003
£
£
43,980 (a) (45, 630) (a)
45,300 (a) (46,998) (a)
(a) Members on this point will have access to the competence related threshold
payment.
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CHIEF INSPECTORS’ PAY with effect from 1 September.04
Pay Point
Annual salary (London salaries in brackets)
1
44,094 (a) (45,852) (a)
2
44,982 (46,737)
3
45,909 (b) (47,664) (b)
NB. London salaries apply only to members in the Metropolitan and City of London police
forces
(a) Entry point for a member appointed to the rank, unless the chief officer of police
assigns the member to the higher point.
(b) Members who have been on this point for a year will have access to the competence
related threshold payment
CHIEF INSPECTORS IN POST AT AUGUST 1994
Annual salary with effect from 1 September 2004 (London salaries in brackets)
46,659 (a) (48,408) (a)
(a) Members on this point will have access to the competence related threshold
payment. .
CHIEF INSPECTORS’ PAY with effect from 1 September.05
Pay Point
Annual salary (London salaries in brackets) £
1
45,417 (a) (47,229) (a)
2
46,332 (48,138)
3
47,286 (b) (49,095)
NB. London salaries apply only to members in the Metropolitan and City of London police
forces
(c) Entry point for a member appointed to the rank, unless the chief officer of police
assigns the member to the higher point.
(d) Members who have been on this point for a year will have access to the competence
related threshold payment
CHIEF INSPECTORS IN POST AT AUGUST 1994
Annual salary with effect from 1 September 2005 (London salaries in brackets)
48,060 (a) (49,860) (a)
(a) Members on this point will have access to the competence related threshold payment
Determination
April 2007
Annex F page 16
CHIEF INSPECTORS’ PAY with effect from 1 September.06
Pay point
Annual salary (London salaries in brackets) £
1
46,779 (a) (48,645) (a)
2
47,721 (49,581)
3
48,705 (b) (50,568) (b)
NB. London salaries apply only to members in the Metropolitan and City of London police
forces
(a) Entry point for an officer appointed to the rank, unless the chief officer of police
assigns the officer to the higher point.
(b) Officers who have been on this point for a year will have access to the competence
related threshold payment.
CHIEF INSPECTORS IN POST AT AUGUST 1994
Annual salary with effect from 1 September 2006 (London salaries in brackets)
49,503 (a) (51,357) (a)
(a) Officers on this point will have access to the competence related threshold payment.
Determination
April 2007
Annex F page 17
Part 6 (i)
SUPERINTENDENTS’ PAY with effect from 1 September 2003
Pay point
Salary
1
£51,501
2
£53,625
3
£55,749
4
£57,876
5
£60,000
SUPERINTENDENTS’ PAY with effect from 1 September 2004
Pay point
Salary
1
£53,046
2
£55,233
3
£57,420
4
£59,613
5
£61,800
Incremental Progression
Incremental progression through the scales will be according to the individual’s PDR
rating. Those rated as competent will receive one increment. Those rated as exceptional will
receive a double increment.Those rated as not yet competent will receive no increment.
Those on the penultimate point of their scale who are rated as exceptional will
receive a one-off non-pensionable payment equivalent to the second increment in
addition to proceeding to the top of the pay scale. This payment will be paid as a
single lump sum.
Protected pay arrangements with effect from 1 January 2002 for superintendents
appointed to range 2 posts prior to 1st* January 2002 and not promoted to Chief
Superintendent are set out at Part 6(ii).
Central Service Posts
Those members of temporary Chief Superintendent rank on central service prior to
1st September 1994, and still on central service after that date should, in common with
those appointed onto central service from 1st September 1994, suffer no worsening in
their pay when they return to their parent force.
Performance-related Bonus
Those who have been at the top of their pay scale for at least twelve months will be
eligible for a performance-related bonus, if they are rated as exceptional performers in their
PDR.This bonus will amount to 5% of pensionable pay at the time of the performance review.
It will be non-pensionable. It will be paid as a single lump sum.
Determination
April 2007
Annex F page 18
SUPERINTENDENTS’ PAY with effect from 1 September 2005
Pay point
Salary p.a.
1.
£54,636
2.
£56,889
3.
£59,142
4.
£61,401
5.
£63,654
(Part 6) (i)
SUPERINTENDENTS’ PAY with effect from 1 September 2006
Pay point
Salary p.a.
1
£56,274
2
£58,596
3
£60,915
4
£63,243
5
£65,565
Determination
April 2007
Annex F page 19
Part 6(ii)
SUPERINTENDENTS’ PAY with effect from 1st September 2003
RANGE 2 PROTECTED PAY SCALE* FOR
SUPERINTENDENTS APPOINTED TO RANGE 2
POSTS PRIOR TO 1ST JANUARY 2002
Pay Point
Salary
1
£58,965
2
£59,988
3
£61,305
4
£62,751
*Note:
Range 2 Superintendents who were not given the rank of Chief Superintendent on its re-
introduction receive full protection of their Range 2 salary. Members promoted to Range
2 Superintendent prior to 1st January 2002 progress to point 9 by annual increments on
completing each year of reckonable service in the rank of Superintendent. They will
remain on the Range 2 salary scale uprated as above. The scale will continue to be
uprated to reflect annual pay awards.
SUPERINTENDENTS’ PAY with effect from 1st September 2004
RANGE 2 PROTECTED PAY SCALE* FOR
SUPERINTENDENTS APPOINTED TO RANGE 2
POSTS PRIOR TO 1ST JANUARY 2002
Pay Point
Salary
1
£60,735
2
£61,788
3
£63,144
4
£64,635
*Note:
Range 2 Superintendents who were not given the rank of Chief Superintendent on its re-
introduction receive full protection of their Range 2 salary. They will remain on the Range
2 salary scale uprated as above. The scale will continue to be uprated to reflect annual
pay awards.
SUPERINTENDENTS’ PAY with effect from 1 September 2005
RANGE 2 PROTECTED PAY SCALE* FOR
SUPERINTENDENTS APPOINTED TO RANGE 2
Pay point
Salary p.a.
1
£62,556
2
£63,642
3
£65,037
4
£66,573
Determination
April 2007
Annex F page 20
SUPERINTENDENTS’ PAY with effect from 1 September 2006
RANGE 2 PROTECTED PAY SCALE* FOR
SUPERINTENDENTS APPOINTED TO RANGE 2
Pay point
Salary p.a.
1
64,434
2
65,550
3
66,987
4
68,571
*Note:
Range 2 Superintendents who were not given the rank of Chief Superintendent on
its re-introduction receive full protection of their Range 2 salary. They will remain on the
Range 2 salary scale uprated as above. The scale will continue to be uprated to reflect
annual pay awards.
Incremental Progression
Incremental progression through the scales will be according to the individual’s PDR
rating.Those rated as competent will receive one increment.Those rated as exceptional will
receive a double increment.Those rated as not yet competent will receive no increment.
Those on the penultimate point of their scale who are rated as exceptional will
receive a one-off non-pensionable payment equivalent to the second increment in
addition to proceeding to the top of the pay scale. This payment will be paid as a single
lump sum.
Central Service Posts
Those members of temporary Chief Superintendent rank on central service prior to
1st September 1994, and still on central service after that date should, in common with
those appointed onto central service from 1st September 1994, suffer no worsening in
their pay when they return to their parent force.
Performance-related Bonus
Those who have been at the top of their pay scale for at least twelve months will be
eligible for a performance-related bonus, if they are rated as exceptional performers in
their PDR.This bonus will amount to 5% of pensionable pay at the time of the performance
review. It will be non-pensionable. It will be paid as a single lump sum.
Former Superintendent Range 2s not promoted to Chief Superintendent, who have
been at the maximum of the protected scale for at least twelve months, will also be
eligible for this payment
Determination
April 2007
Annex F page 21
Part 7
CHIEF SUPERINTENDENTS’ PAY with effect from 1 September 2003
Pay Point
Salary
1
£61,500
2
£63,249
3
£65,001
Part 7
CHIEF SUPERINTENDENTS’ PAY with effect from 1 September 2004
Pay Point
Salary
1
£63,345
2
£65,145
3
£66,951
Superintendents promoted from the maximum of their pay scale will start on the second
point of the Chief Superintendents’ scale, if in receipt of the performance related bonus at
their most recent PDR while on the maximum of the Superintendents’ scale.
Incremental Progression
Incremental progression through the scales will be according to the individual’s PDR rating.
Those rated as competent will receive one increment.Those rated as exceptional will receive
a double increment.Those rated as not yet competent will receive no increment.
Those on the penultimate point of their scale who are rated as exceptional will receive a
one-off non-pensionable payment equivalent to the second increment in addition to
proceeding to the top of the pay scale. This payment will be paid as a single lump sum.
Central Service Posts
Those members of temporary Chief Superintendent rank on central service prior to
1st September 1994, and still on central service after that date should, in common with
those appointed onto central service from 1st September 1994, suffer no worsening in
their pay when they return to their parent force.
Performance-related Bonus
Those who have been at the top of their pay scale for at least twelve months will be eligible
for a performance-related bonus, if they are rated as exceptional performers in their PDR.
This bonus will amount to 5% of pensionable pay at the time of the performance review.It will
be non-pensionable. It will be paid as a single lump sum.
Determination
April 2007
Annex F page 22
CHIEF SUPERINTENDENTS’ PAY with effect from 1 September 2005
Pay Point
Salary
1
£65,244
2
£67,098
4
£68,961
CHIEF SUPERINTENDENTS’ PAY with effect from 1 September 2006
Pay point
Salary p.a.
1
67,200
2
69,111
3
71,031
Determination
April 2007
Annex F page 23
Part 8(i)
Annex F Part 8 (i) Chief Officer Ranks’ Pay
Pay Structure with effect from 1st September 2003
Chief Constables, Deputy Chief Constables and equivalent London ranks in post on 1.4.04
have a choice between (a) continuing with their existing FTA (whether or not it is their
original FTA or an extension to it) but on rates of pay as set out in table A below and without
access to bonus payments as in this agreement; or (b) accepting the benefits of this
agreement, as set out in table B below, in return for a new FTA of the lesser of the unexpired
duration of their existing FTA and five years.This choice needs to be exercised within six
months of 1 April 2004.
Table A
Officers Appointed for a Fixed Term
£pa
Deputy Chief Constables
80% of the basic salary of their chief or £83,736, whichever
is higher
Chief Constables by population band:
1 – up to 500,000
87,426 – 99,984
2 – 500,001 – 1,000,000
91,896 – 108,069
3 – 1,000,001 – 2,000,000
99,984 – 116,151
4 – More than 2,000,000
110,646 – 124,866
Chief Constables of Greater Manchester,
114,648 – 129,390
Strathclyde and West Midlands
PSNI Chief Constable
130,020 – 139,740
Metropolitan Police:
Assistant Commissioner
116,151 – 130,020
Deputy Commissioner
136,638 – 146,853
Commissioner
168,198 – 180,777
City of London Commissioner
99,984 – 116,151
City of London Assistant Commissioner
80% of the basic salary of the
commissioner or £83,736,
whichever is higher
Determination
April 2007
Annex F page 24
Table B.
Force Weighting*
Forces
CC Salary
DCC Salary
10.0
MPS (4x ACs)
£150,000
£115,002 (MPS-
8xDACs)
West Midlands
Greater Manchester
9.5
Strathclyde
£147,501
£115,002
8.0
West Yorkshire
£140,001
£112,002
6.5
Thames Valley
£132,501
£109,314
6.0
Merseyside
£130,002
£107,250
Northumbria
5.5
Hampshire
£127,500
£105,189
5.0
Kent £125,001
£103,125
Lancashire
Devon & Cornwall
4.5
South Yorkshire
£122,502
£101,064
Essex
Avon & Somerset
Sussex
South Wales
3.5
Nottinghamshire
£117,501
£96,939
Lothian & Borders
3.0
Hertfordshire
£115,002
£94,875
West Mercia
Cheshire
Humberside
Staffordshire
Leicestershire
Derbyshire
2.5
Surrey
£112,500
£92,814
Norfolk
2.0
Cleveland
£110,001
£90,750
Durham
Cambridgeshire
North Wales
2.0
North Yorkshire
£110,001
£90,750
Gwent
Grampian
Northamptonshire
Suffolk
Dorset
Wiltshire
Bedfordshire
Determination
April 2007
Annex F page 25
1.5
Gloucestershire
Lincolnshire
£107,502
£90,000
Cumbria
Warwickshire
Dyfed-Powys
Tayside
1.0
Central Scotland
£105,000
£90,000
Dumfries & Galloway
Fife
Northern
*Force weightings reflect measures relating to:
(i) call management
(ii) crime management
(iii) traffic management
(iv) public order management/public reassurance
(v) community policing management
(vi) patrol management
(vii) security-related expenditure
(viii) population sparsity
Note
1.
The salaries of certain chief officers in service at 1 April 2004 are personally protected
in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 9 of Annex a of this agreement.
Assistant Chief Constables and Commanders
1) £75,000
2) £77,502
3) £80,001
4) £82,500
5) £85,002
6) £87,501
Determination
April 2007
Annex F page 26
Part 8(ii)
CHIEF OFFICER RANKS’ PAY ARRANGEMENTS
Summary
Allocation to a pay range for chief constables is no longer determined by the population of
the force area alone. The Basic pay of chief constables is now related to a range of policing
measures.
Protection Arrangements
Pay Rates with effect from 1 September 2003
The following chief officers will receive protected salaries while in post as shown below,
with their successors being paid in accordance with the new pay structure set out above:
Chief Constables -
Hertfordshire
£117,546
West Mercia
£117,546
Staffordshire
£117,546
Surrey
£117,546
Gloucestershire
£110,001
Lincolnshire
£110,001
Cumbria
£110,001
Warwickshire
£110,001
Dyfed-Powys
£110,001
Tayside
£110,001
Central Scotland
£110,001
Dumfries and Galloway
£110,001
Fife
£110,001
Northern
£110,001
Deputy Chief Constable -
Surrey
£94,038
These protected salaries will be adjusted in line with the pay indexation arrangements.
Assimilation
Assimilation of ACCs and Commanders to their new pay scale will be to the point on the new
scale which is immediately above the individual’s existing basic pay, except that ACCs and
Commanders who have been in that rank for three years or more as at 1 September 2003 will
be assimilated to £87,501; and that those for whom such an increase would be less than 1.2%
then the assimilation will be to the next point above the point immediately above their
existing pay.
Those promoted to the rank of ACC or Commander on or after 1 April 2004 will start at
£75,000; unless promoted from the maximum of the Chief Superintendent’s scale, in which
case they will start at £77,502.
Determination
April 2007
Annex F page 27
Pay Structure with effect from. 1st September 2004
Chief Constables, Deputy Chief Constables and equivalent London ranks in post on 1.4.04
have a choice between (a) continuing with their existing FTA (whether or not it is their
original FTA or an extension to it) but on rates of pay as set out in table A below and without
access to bonus payments as in this agreement; or (b) to accept the benefits of this
agreement, as set out in table B below, in return for a new FTA of the lesser of the unexpired
duration of their existing FTA and five years. This choice needs to be exercised within six
months of 1 April 2004.
Table A
Officers Appointed for a Fixed Term
£pa
Deputy Chief Constables
80% of the basic salary of their chief or
£83,736, whichever is higher
1 – up to 500,000
87,426 – 99,984
Chief Constables by population band:
1 – up to 500,000
87,426 – 99,984
2 – 500,001 – 1,000,000
91,896 – 108,069
3 – 1,000,001 – 2,000,000
99,984 – 116,151
4 – More than 2,000,000
110,646 – 124,866
Chief Constables of Greater Manchester,
114,648 – 129,390
Strathclyde and West Midlands
PSNI Chief Constable
130,020 – 139,740
Metropolitan Police:
Assistant Commissioner
116,151 – 130,020
Deputy Commissioner
136,638 – 146,853
Commissioner
168,198 – 180,777
City of London Commissioner
99,984 – 116,151
City of London Assistant Commissioner
80% of the basic salary of the
commissioner or £83,736, whichever is
higher
Determination
April 2007
Annex F page 28
Table B.
Force Weighting
Forces
CC Salary
DCC Salary
10.0
MPS (4x ACs)
£154,000
£118,452 (MPS-
8xDACs)
West Midlands
Greater Manchester
9.5
Strathclyde
£151,926
£118,452
8.0
West Yorkshire
£144,201
£115,362
6.5
Thames Valley
£136,476
£112,593
6.0
Merseyside
£133,902
£110,469
Northumbria
a)
Hampshire
£131,325
£108,345
5.0
Kent £128,751
£106,218
Lancashire
Devon & Cornwall
b)
South Yorkshire
£126,177
£104,097
Essex
Avon & Somerset
Sussex
South Wales
3.5
Nottinghamshire
£121,026
£99,846
Lothian & Borders
3.0
Hertfordshire
£118,452
£97,722
West Mercia
Cheshire
Humberside
Staffordshire
Leicestershire
Derbyshire
c)
Surrey
£115,875
£95,598
Norfolk
2.0
Cleveland
£113,301
£93,474
Durham
Cambridgeshire
North Wales
2.0
North Yorkshire
£113,301
£93,474
Gwent
Grampian
Northamptonshire
Suffolk
Dorset
Wiltshire
Bedfordshire
Determination
April 2007
Annex F page 29
d)
Gloucestershire
Lincolnshire
£110,727
£92,700
Cumbria
Warwickshire
Dyfed-Powys
Tayside
1.0
Central Scotland
£108,150
£92,700
Dumfries & Galloway
Fife
Northern
Metropolitan Police Service
Commissioner - £221,451
Deputy Commissioner - £182,826
Police Service of Northern Ireland
Chief Constable - £164,799
Deputy Chief Constable - £133,899
National Crime Squad
Deputy General - £154,000
Deputy Director General - £118,452
City of London Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner
The salaries of the City of London Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner are currently
under review.
Assistant Chief Constables and Commanders
2) £77,250
3) £79,827
4) £82,401
5) £84,975
6) £87,552
7) £90,126
Those promoted to the rank of ACC or Commander on or after 1 April 2004 will start at
£77,250; unless promoted from the maximum of the Chief Superintendent’s scale, in which
case they will start at £79,827
Incremental Pay Progression following assimilation/promotion to
ACC/Commander Scale
Until 31st March 2005,incremental progression through the ACCs’and Commanders’scale
will be according to length of service in the rank. Thereafter, it will be according to the
individual’s PDR rating. Those rated as competent in the rank will receive one increment.
Those rated as exceptional in the rank will receive a double increment. Those rated as
unsatisfactory in the rank will receive no increment.Where increments are paid, they will
be paid on the anniversary of promotion to the rank.
Determination
April 2007
Annex F page 30
Protection Arrangements
Pay Rates with effect from 1 September 2004
The following chief officers will receive protected salaries while in post as shown
below, with their successors being paid in accordance with the new pay structure set out
above:
Chief Constables -
Hertfordshire
£121,071
West Mercia
£121,071
Staffordshire
£121,071
Surrey
£121,071
Gloucestershire
£113,301
Lincolnshire
£113,301
Cumbria
£113,301
Warwickshire
£113,301
Dyfed-Powys
£113,301
Tayside
£113,301
Central Scotland
£113,301
Dumfries and Galloway
£113,301
Fife
£113,301
Northern
£113,301
Deputy Chief Constable -
Surrey
£96,858
Determination
April 2007
Annex F page 31
Chief Officers Ranks Pay
Pay Structure with effect from 1 September 2005
Force Weighting
Forces
CC Salary
DCC Salary
10.0
MPS (4XACs)
£159,135
£122,007 (MPS
West Midlands
8xDACs)
Greater Manchester
9.5
Strathclyde
£156,483
£122,007
8.0
West Yorkshire
£148,527
£118,824
6.5
Thames Valley
£140,571
£115,971
6.0
Merseyside
Northumbria
£137,919
£113,784
5.5
Hampshire
£135,264
£111,594
5.0
Kent
Lancashire
Devon & Cornwall
£132,615
£109,404
4.5
South Yorkshire
Essex
Avon & Somerset
Sussex
South Wales
£129,963
£107,220
3.5
Nottinghamshire
Lothian & Borders
£124,656
£102,840
3.0
Hertfordshire
West Mercia
Cheshire
Humberside
Staffordshire
Leicestershire
Derbyshire
2.5
£122,007
£100,653
Surrey
Norfolk
£119,352
£98,466
2.0
Cleveland
Durham
Cambridgeshire
North Wales
North Yorkshire
Gwent
Grampian
Northamptonshire
Suffolk
Dorset
Wiltshire
Bedfordshire
£116,700
£96,279
1.5
Gloucestershire
Lincolnshire
Cumbria
Warwickshire
Dyfed-Powys
Tayside
£114,048
£95,481
1.0
1.0
Central Scotland
Dumfries & Galloway
Fife
Northern
£111,393
Determination
April 2007
Annex F page 32
£111,393
£95,481
£95,481
Metropolitan Police Service
Commissioner - £228,096
Deputy Commissioner - £188,310
Police Service of Northern Ireland
Chief Constable - £169,743
Deputy Chief Constable - £137,916
National Crime Squad
Director General - £159,135
Deputy Director General - £122,007
Assistant Chief Constables and Commanders
1.
£79,566
2.
£82,221
3.
£84,873
4.
£87,525
5.
£90,180
6.
£92,829
City of London Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner
Commissioner - £141,111
Assistant Commissioner - £116,391
Part 8 (ii) Chief Officer Ranks’ Pay Arrangements
Protection Arrangements
Pay Rates with effect from 1 September 2005
The protection only applies while the Chief Officer is in post as shown below, with their
successors being paid in accordance with the new pay structure shown in the main body
of this circular.
Chief Constables
Hertfordshire
£124,704
West Mercia
£124,704
Staffordshire
£124,704
Surrey
£124,704
Gloucestershire
£116,700
Lincolnshire
£116,700
Cumbria
£116,700
Warwickshire
£116,700
Dyfed-Powys
£116,700
Tayside
£116,700
Central Scotland
£116,700
Dumfries and Galloway
£116,700
Determination
April 2007
Annex F page 33
Fife
£116,700
Northern
£116,700
Deputy Chief Constable
Surrey
£99,765
Chief Officers Ranks Pay
Pay Structure with effect 1 September 2006
Force Weighting Forces
CC Salary
DCC Salary
10.0
MPS (4xACs)
£163,908
£125,667 (MPS
8xDACs)
West Midlands
Greater Manchester
9.5
Strathclyde
£161,178
£125,667
8.0
West Yorkshire
£152,982
£122,388
6.5
Thames Valley
£144,789
£119,451
6.0
Merseyside
Northumbria
£142,056
£117,198
5.5
Hampshire
£139,323
£114,942
5.0
Kent
Lancashire
Devon & Cornwall
£136,593
£112,686
4.5
South Yorkshire
Essex
Avon & Somerset
Sussex
South Wales
£133,863
£110,436
3.5
Nottinghamshire
Lothian & Borders
£128,397
£105,924
3.0
Hertfordshire
West Mercia
Cheshire
Humberside
Staffordshire
Leicestershire
Derbyshire
£125,667
£103,674
2.5
Surrey
Norfolk
£122,934
£101,421
2.0
Cleveland
Durham
Cambridgeshire
North Wales
North Yorkshire
Gwent
Grampian
Northamptonshire
Suffolk
Dorset
Wiltshire
Bedfordshire
£120,201
£99,198
1.5
Gloucestershire
Lincolnshire
Cumbria
Warwickshire
Determination
April 2007
Annex F page 34
Dyfed-Powys
Tayside
£117,468
£98,346
1.0
Central Scotland Dumfries & Galloway
Fife
Northern
£114,735
£98,346
Metropolitan Police Service
Commissioner - £234,939
Deputy Commissioner - £193,959
Police Service of Northern Ireland
Chief Constable - £174,834
Deputy Chief General - £142,053
National Crime Squad
Director General - £163,908
Deputy Director General - £125,667
Assistant Chief Constables and Commanders
7.
£81,954
8.
£84,687
9.
£87,420
10.
£90,150
11.
£92,886
12.
£95,613
City of London Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner
Commissioner - £145,344
Assistant Commissioner - £119,883
Chief Officers on protected pay rates
New salaries for those Chief Officers on protected salaries as listed in the PNB Circular
04/05 are shown in Annex A.
Part 8 (ii) Chief Officer Ranks’ Pay Arrangements
Protection Arrangements
Pay Rates with effect from 1 September 2006
The protection only applies while the Chief Officer is in post as shown below, with their
successors being paid in accordance with the new pay structure shown in the main body
of this circular.
Chief Constables
Hertfordshire
£128,445
West Mercia
£128,445
Staffordshire
£128,445
Surrey
£128,445
Gloucestershire
£120,201
Determination
April 2007
Annex F page 35
Lincolnshire
£120,201
Cumbria
£120,201
Warwickshire
£120,201
Dyfed-Powys
£120,201
Tayside
£120,201
Central Scotland
£120,201
Dumfries and Galloway
£120,201
Fife
£120,201
Northern
£120,201
Deputy Chief Constable
Surrey
£102,759
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Part 9
COMPETENCE RELATED THRESHOLD PAYMENT
FOR CONSTABLES, SERGEANTS,
INSPECTORS AND CHIEF INSPECTORS
1) With effect from 1 April 2003 , a member in the rank of constable, sergeant, inspector
or chief inspector whose service as reckoned under regulation 24 or , where
applicable, section 97(3) of the Police Act, has entitled him for at least one year to be
at the top of the scale applied to his rank as shown in Parts 2, 3, 4 and 5, and who
makes an application in accordance with paragraph (3), shall receive a competence
related threshold payment at the appropriate rate a year, provided that his
determining officer has determined that he has demonstrated high professional
competence under each of the following national standards:
Professional competence and results
Commitment to the job
Relations with the public and colleagues
Willingness to learn and adjust to new circumstances.
2) High professional competence is reached under a national standard by
demonstrating competence against each of the following criteria listed under the
standard to which they are related-
Professional competence and results
•
effective organisation of work to meet the demands of the applicant’s role;
•
commitment to Police Service values;
•
commitment to health and safety requirements; and
•
compliance with the Code of Conduct.
Commitment to the job
•
commitment to achieving Force objectives;
•
commitment to personal and professional development; and
•
commitment to achieving high levels of attendance.
Relations with the public and colleagues
•
promoting equality, diversity and human rights in working practices;
•
contributing to the Force’s response, recognising the needs of all relevant
communities; and
•
working as part of a team.
Willingness to learn and adjust to new circumstances
•
making best use of available technology; and
•
demonstrating an openness to change.
3) The member in his application shall use the appended form, or a form to like effect.
The member, except as provided in paragraph (12) or (13), shall include examples
relating to performance over the two years prior to the date of the application. The
completed form shall be submitted to the member’s assessing officer. The assessing
officer shall complete in the relevant sections of the form his assessment as to
whether or not the examples contained in the application are indicative of high
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professional competence against each of the four national standards. The assessing
officer shall then submit the form to the member’s determining officer.
4) The member’s determining officer shall consider the assessing officer’s assessments
and determine whether or not payment should be made under this Part of this
determination.
5) The assessment and the determination shall be completed, and the applicant notified
in writing of the decision, by no later than 21 days after receipt of the completed
application by the assessing officer. In exceptional cases, this period may be
extended to 30 days if either the assessing officer or determining officer requires
more information.
6) Successful applicants, including those who are successful on appeal, shall receive the
payment with effect from the date at which they become eligible or the date of
application, whichever is the later. Unsuccessful applicants shall be entitled to
receive written feedback on their application from the determining officer and oral
feedback from their assessing officer, and shall be entitled to appeal the decision not
to award the payment. If appealing, the member shall explain in writing the reasons
for disputing the decision. The member’s appeals officer shall undertake the review
of the decision.
Grounds for appeal shall be restricted to one or both of the following:
•
the assessing officer or determining officer did not properly take account of the
material presented;
•
the assessing officer or determining officer took account of irrelevant or
inaccurate factors.
The appeals officer shall reconsider the decision in the light of the information
provided. The outcome of the appeal shall be final. If necessary, the appeals officer
may seek additional information from any party to the process.The applicant shall be
notified of the decision in writing within 21 days of submitting the appeal.
7
Where a force identifies, under any formal management procedures, including any
performance assessment process operated by the force, concerns with respect to the
maintenance of high professional standards by a member in receipt of the payment,
the member’s entitlement to the payment shall be re-assessed. In these
circumstances, the member, having been notified in writing of the causes for
concern, may resubmit an application as outlined in paragraph (3) and it shall be
considered as outlined in paragraphs (4) and (5), and the right of appeal as outlined
in paragraph (6) shall apply.
8) a) Subject to (b) and (c), when a member in receipt of the payment is promoted to
a higher rank, the payment shall be discontinued with effect from the date the
promotion takes effect, except that, where, at any time on or after that date the
annual rate of pay of a member in the higher rank is lower than the total of
i)
the member’s annual rate of pay immediately before that date, and
ii) the rate of the payment made under this Part
he shall be paid at the same rate as if he had not been promoted.
b) A member who is reduced in rank otherwise than as mentioned in sub-
paragraph (c) shall receive the payment from the date at which he returns to the
lower rank
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c) A member who was in receipt of the payment before promotion to a higher rank
and has been reduced in rank as a result of formal action under the Police
(Efficiency) Regulations 1999 or the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2004 shall not
be entitled to the payment when returned to the lower rank, but may resubmit
an application as outlined in paragraph (3) and the application shall be
considered as outlined in paragraphs (4) and (5) and the right of appeal as
outlined in paragraph (6) shall apply.
9) When a member in receipt of the payment is temporarily promoted to a higher rank,
the payment shall be discontinued with effect from the date the temporary promotion
takes effect until the period of temporary promotion ends, except that, where, at any
time during the temporary promotion the annual rate of pay of a member in the
higher rank is lower than the total of
a) the member’s annual rate of pay immediately before that date, and
b) the rate of the payment made under this Part
he shall be paid at the same rate as if he had not been promoted.
10) Subject to paragraph (7), where a member in receipt of the payment is seconded, he
shall receive the payment from the date of his return to the seconding force.
11) The hourly rate of pay of a part-time member entitled to this payment shall be
increased by a sum obtained by multiplying by 6/12520 the sum of £1002.
12) A member who, at the time of her application, is on maternity leave in accordance
with Regulation 33(4) and any determination thereunder shall in her application cite
examples relating to performance from the two year period ending with the start of
her maternity leave.
13) A member who, at the time of his application, is absent from duty on account of injury
or illness in accordance with Regulation 33(2) and any determination thereunder
shall in his application cite examples relating to performance from the two year
period ending with the start of his absence under that Regulation.
14) In this determination-
“appropriate rate” means:
From 1st April 2003
£1002 per annum
From 1st September 2004
£1032 per annum
From 1st September 2005
£1062 per annum
From 1st September 2006
£1095 per annum
“assessing officer” means the person who has the immediate supervisory
responsibility for the member concerned;
“determining officer” means a person who has supervisory responsibility within the
police force concerned and who is senior in rank or grade to the assessing officer;
“appeals officer” means the person who has, for the time being, supervisory
responsibility for the person who is, in relation to the member concerned, the
determining officer.
15) Where neither the assessing officer nor the determining officer nor the appeals
officer as defined in paragraph (14) is a member of a police force, then the chief
officer shall appoint a suitable member of the police force to be the appeals officer
for the member concerned.
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Part 10
LONDON WEIGHTING
1) The annual pay of a member of the City of London or metropolitan police force shall
be increased to£1,827 with effect from 1 July 2002, but any allowance under the
Regulations calculated by reference to a member’s pay, shall be calculated as if this
part of this determination had not been made.
2) PART-TIME
MEMBERS
The hourly rate of pay payable to a part-time member of the City of London or
metropolitan police force shall be increased by a sum obtained by multiplying by
6/12520 the sum of £1,827.
The above calculations for part-time members will apply to the following years:
LONDON WEIGHTING
With Effect From:
London Weighing Rate
1 July 2003
£1881
1 July 2004
£1938
1 July 2005
£1995
1 July 2006
£2055
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Part 11
PART-TIME MEMBERS
The hourly rate of pay of a part-time member shall be calculated by multiplying by
6/12520 the appropriate annual rate of pay.
A part-time member’s pay for days of annual leave shall be 8 times the rate of pay as in (1)
above, reduced in proportion that the number of determined hours bears to 40 times the
number of weeks in the relevant period.
In this Part, “determined hours” and “relevant period” have the meaning given in
paragraph 6(b) of the Secretary of State’s determination of the normal periods of duty of a
member of a police force under regulation 22.
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ANNEX H
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 24
FOR REGULATION 26
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AND REST DAYS
1) ROSTERED REST DAYS and PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
a) A member of a police force of the rank of constable or sergeant shall, if required
to do duty on a day which is a rostered rest day, be granted:
i) where he receives less than 15 days’ notice of the requirement, an
allowance at the appropriate rest-day rate; or
ii) in any other case, another rest day, which shall be notified to him within 4
days of notification of the requirement.
b) Subject to paragraph (2)(a), the appropriate rest-day rate is, for each completed
15 minutes of duty on a rostered rest day, the fraction of a day’s pay specified in
sub-paragraph (c).
c) The fraction is:
i) where the member received less than 5 days’ notice of the requirement,
one sixteenth; and
ii) in any other case, three sixty-fourths.
d) A member of a police force of the rank of constable or sergeant shall, if required
to do duty on a day which is a public holiday, be granted:
i) where he receives less than 8 days’ notice of the requirement:
(1) an allowance at the appropriate rate and, in addition,
(2) another day off in lieu thereof, which shall be notified to him within 4
days of notification of the requirement, and which shall be treated for
the purpose of this determination as a public holiday;
ii) in any other case, an allowance at the appropriate rate.
e) A member of a police force of the rank of constable or sergeant who is required
to do duty on a day which is a public holiday or a rostered rest day may, within
28 days of the day in question, elect to receive, in lieu of an allowance as
mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)(i) or sub-paragraph (d)(i)or (ii), time off equal:
i) in the case of a day which is a public holiday, to double, and
ii) in the case of a rostered rest day:
(1) where the member received less than 5 days’ notice of the
requirement, to double, and
(2) in any other case to one and a half times, the period of completed
quarters of an hour of duty on the day in question.
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f)
Where such a member of a police force who is required to do duty on a day
which is a public holiday or a rostered rest day, or for a part-time member, a free
day has elected to receive time off as mentioned in sub-paragraph (e) or
paragraph 2(h), the chief officer shall, subject to the exigencies of duty, grant
such time off within such time (not exceeding 3 months) as he may fix, and
subject to such time off being taken, no allowance in respect of the day in
question shall be payable under sub-paragraph (a)(i) or, as the case may be,
subparagraph (d)(i) or (ii)’ or, for a part-time member paragraph 2(e) or (f).
g) Where the exigencies of duty have precluded:
(1) the allowance of a day’s leave on a public holiday, or
(2) the grant in any week of two rest days,
to a member of a police force of the rank of inspector or chief inspector,he shall,
during the next following twelve months and so far as the exigencies of duty
permit, be allowed or (as the case may be) granted a day’s leave in lieu of any
such day not allowed or granted.
h) Where the exigencies of duty have precluded:
(1) the allowance of a day’s leave on a public holiday, or
(2) the grant in any month of eight monthly leave days,
to a member of a police force of the rank of superintendent or chief
superintendent, he shall, during the next twelve months and so far as the
exigencies of duty permit, be allowed or (as the case may be) granted a day’s
leave in lieu of any such day not allowed or granted.
i) Where the exigencies of duty have precluded the allowance of a day’s leave on
a public holiday to any such member other than a member of a police force
above the rank of chief superintendent, he shall, during the next three months
and so far as the exigencies of duty permit, be allowed a day’s leave in lieu of
any such day not allowed.
j) For the purpose of this paragraph “month” means that period of 28 days
beginning with such day as is fixed by the chief officer of police.
2) PART–TIME CONSTABLES AND SERGEANTS
a) The appropriate rest-day rate for a part-time member of a police force of the
rank of constable or sergeant is, for each completed 15 minutes of duty on a
rostered rest day, the fraction of the member’s hourly rate of pay calculated in
accordance with the determination under regulation 24(1) specified in
subparagraph (b) below.
b) The fraction is:
i) where the member received less than 5 days’ notice of the requirement,
one quarter; and
ii) in any other case, one eighth.
c) A part-time member of a police force of the rank of constable or sergeant who:
i) is required to do duty on a free day, and
ii) receives not less than 15 days’ notice of the requirement,
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shall be granted another free day in lieu, which shall be notified to him within 4
days of notification of the requirement.
d) This sub-paragraph applies where:
i) a part-time member of a police force of the rank of constable or sergeant
is required to do duty on a free day, and
ii) he receives less than 15 days’ notice of the requirement, and
iii) the duty is of such a nature that it would not in the circumstances have been
reasonably practicable for it to be done by any other member.
e) Where sub-paragraph (d) applies:
i) if the member was on duty for more than 8 hours on the free day and for
more than 40 hours (in addition to any hours on a rostered rest day or
public holiday for which an allowance fell to be granted under this
determination) during the week in which the free day occurred, he is
entitled to an allowance at the rate of one twelfth of an hour’s pay for each
completed period of 15 minutes of duty done on the free day, and
ii) in any other case, he is entitled to time off equal to the total length of those
periods.
f) Where:
i) a member is required to do duty on a free day, and
ii) he receives less than 15 days’ notice of the requirement, but sub-paragraph
(d)(iii) does not apply,he is entitled to an allowance at the appropriate rest-
day rate.
g) In the case of a part-time member of a police force of the rank of constable or
sergeant working in accordance with variable shift arrangements,the number of
hours on duty shall for the purposes of sub-paragraph (e)(i) be determined by
adding together:
i) the average number of hours the member is contracted to work in the week
in which the free day occurred;
ii) the number of hours, if any, the member worked on any rest day in that
week; and
iii) the number of hours (if any) the member worked on any public holiday
within that period.
h) A member who is required to do duty on a free day may within 28 days of that
day elect to receive:
i) in lieu of an allowance under sub-paragraph (e)(i), time off equal to one
and one third times, and
ii) in lieu of an allowance under sub-paragraph (f), time off equal to one and a
half times,
the period of completed quarters of an hour of duty done on the free day.
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i)
Any entitlement of a member to an allowance for rest day, public holiday or free
day working in respect of any day is in addition to any payments due to that
member for that day in accordance with regulation 24 (pay) and the
determination thereunder.
j) For the purposes of regulation 24(1)(pay) and the determination thereunder:
i) a day’s leave allowed under paragraph (4)(a)(i) of the determination under
regulation 22 and a day off granted under paragraph (1)(d) above or under
paragraph (3)(j) below in respect of a public holiday each count as a
period of duty of 8 hours multiplied by the appropriate factor, and
ii) so much of any time off granted under sub-paragraph (h) or paragraph
(1)(f) above as exceeds the time spent on duty on the public holiday, rest
day or free day counts as time spent on duty.
3) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS DETERMINATION:
a) a member of a police force who is paid a dog handler’s allowance shall not be
treated as required to do duty by reason only of his being required to care for
the dog;
b) “a day’s pay” means a week’s pay at the rate at which the member was paid on
the day in question divided by five;
c) “the appropriate rate” for a full-time constable or sergeant means a sixteenth of
a day’s pay for each completed 15 minutes of duty done on a public holiday;
d) “the appropriate rate” for a part-time constable or sergeant is, for each
completed 15 minutes of duty done on a public holiday,one half of the member’s
hourly rate of pay calculated in accordance with regulation 24 and the
determination thereunder;
e) In this paragraph,“day” in relation to members of a police force, means a period
of 24 hours commencing at such time or times as the chief officer shall fix and
the chief officer may fix different times in relation to different groups of
members;
f) a reference to a day which is a public holiday is to be construed, in relation to
the member concerned as a reference to a day commencing at any time on the
calendar date of the public holiday in question;
g) “week” means a period of 7 days beginning with such day as is fixed by the
chief officer;
h) where a member is required to do duty, or is recalled to duty, for a period of less
than 4 hours on a public holiday or a rostered rest day or, for a part -time
member, a free day, such period or each such period, shall be treated as though
it were a period of 4 completed hours. The only exception to this is where a
period of not more than one hour of duty on a rostered rest day or,for a part-time
member, a free day immediately follows a normal daily period of duty (or, in the
case of a part-time member or a member working in accordance with variable
shift arrangements, a rostered shift). In this instance the period of not more than
one hour of duty counts as the number of period of 15 minutes actually
completed.
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i)
where a member is required to do duty on a public holiday or on a rostered rest
day or, for a part-time member, a free day, his period of duty shall include
(except for the purposes of sub paragraph (h) above) the time occupied by him
in going to and returning from his place of duty, not exceeding such reasonable
limit as may be fixed by the chief officer, save that, for the purposes of this sub-
paragraph, there shall be disregarded any period of time so occupied:
i) which together with the member’s period of duty exceeds 6 hours, or
ii) which is treated as a period of duty under regulation 22 (travelling time
treated as duty).
j) where it is at his own request that a member works on a day which is a public
holiday, rostered rest day or, for a part -time member, a free day, he shall not be
treated for the purposes of this determination as having been required to do
duty on that day but shall be granted another day off in lieu thereof, which shall
be treated as a public holiday, rostered rest day or free day as the case may be.
k) in relation to a part–time member of a police force:
i) the determined hours are the number of hours which the chief officer has
determined as his normal period of duty in a relevant period (as provided
for in Annex E paragraph (6)(ii) or paragraph (6)(v) as applicable),
ii) a relevant period is a period for which a duty roster relating to him has
effect for the time being under paragraph 3 of Annex E, and
iii) the appropriate factor is A/B, where
A
is the number of determined hours, and
B
is 40 times the number of weeks in the relevant period.
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REGULATION 25
ANNEX G REFERS
Overtime
25. - (1) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, the Secretary of State shall determine
the circumstances and manner in which a member of a police force shall be compensated in
respect of time -
(a) for which he remains on duty after his tour of duty ends, or
(b) for which he is recalled between two tours of duty, or
(c) which forms part of a tour of duty which he is required to begin earlier than the
rostered time without due notice and on a day when he has already completed his
normal daily period of duty;
and such time is referred to in these Regulations as "overtime".
(2) For the purposes of this regulation -
"due notice" means notice given at least 8 hours before the revised starting time of the
rostered tour of duty in question;
"normal daily period of duty" shall be construed in accordance with regulation 22;
"recall" does not include a warning to be in readiness for duty if required; and
"tour of duty", in relation to a member of a police force for whom variable shift
arrangements are in operation under regulation 22(1)(c), means rostered shift.
(3) In making a determination under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State may confer on
the chief officer discretion -
(a) to fix the day on which a period commences for the purposes of the determination;
(b) to fix the period within which time off in compensation for overtime is to be granted;
(c) to allow time in addition to that specified in the determination to be taken into
account in computing any period of overtime.
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ANNEX G
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 25
OVERTIME
1) a) Subject to the provisions of Regulation 25 and this Determination, a member of
a police force of the rank of constable or sergeant shall be compensated in
respect of time:
i)
for which he remains on duty after his tour of duty ( or in the case of a
member working in accordance with variable shift arrangements, a
rostered shift) ends; or
ii) for which he is recalled between two tours of duty (or in the case of a
member working variable shift arrangements, rostered shifts); or
iii) which forms part of a tour (or in the case of a member working variable
shift arrangements, a rostered shift) which he is required to begin earlier
than the rostered time without due notice and on a day when he has already
completed his normal daily period of duty (or in the case of a member
working variable shift arrangements, a rostered shift);
and such time is referred to in this determination as “overtime”.
b) Only a member of a police force of the rank of constable or sergeant may be
eligible for compensation for overtime.
c) He shall not be compensated under this determination for overtime for which an
allowance is payable under Regulation 26 and the determination under that
regulation.
d) Subject to paragraphs (e) and (g), a full-time member of a police force of the
rank of constable or sergeant shall be granted an allowance in respect of each
week at the rate of a twenty-fourth of a day’s pay for each completed period of
15 minutes of overtime worked by him on any occasion during that week, except
that on each of the first four occasions on which overtime in respect of which the
member was not informed as mentioned in paragraph (g) is worked during a
week 30 minutes of the overtime worked is to be disregarded.
e) Where such a member of a police force of the rank of constable or sergeant,
before the expiry of any pay period, elects in respect of specified overtime
worked by him during the weeks ending within that period to be granted in lieu
of an allowance time off subject to and in accordance with paragraph (f), and in
accordance therewith receives time off in respect of any overtime, no allowance
in respect thereof shall be payable under paragraph (d).
f)
Subject to the exigencies of duty, where by virtue of an election under
paragraph (e) time off falls to be granted to a member of a police force of the
rank of constable or sergeant in respect of any overtime worked by him in any
week then, within such time (not exceeding 3 months) after that week as the
chief officer of police may fix, he shall grant to the member time off equal,
subject to paragraph (g), to the period of that overtime worked by him during
that week and, in addition, for each completed 45 minutes of such overtime, an
additional 15 minutes off, except that on each of the first 4 occasions on which
overtime in respect of which the constable or sergeant was not informed as
mentioned in paragraph (g) is worked during a week 30 minutes of the overtime
worked is to be disregarded.
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g) For the purposes of paragraphs (d) and (f), no account shall be taken of any period of
less than 30 minutes of overtime worked on any occasion other than a period of 15
minutes of overtime in respect of which the member was informed at the
commencement of his tour of duty that he would be required to remain on duty after
his tour of duty ended.
h) In computing any period of overtime for the purpose of this determination:
i)
where the member of a police force of the rank of constable or sergeant is
engaged in casual escort duty, account shall be taken only of:
(1) time during which he is in charge of the person under escort;
(2) such other time as is necessarily spent in travelling to or from the place
where the member is to take charge of , or hand over, the person under
escort, as the case may be; and
(3) any other time that may be allowed by the chief officer, so however, that, if
the member is so engaged overnight and has proper sleeping
accommodation, whether in a train or otherwise, the chief officer may
exclude such period not exceeding eight hours, during which the member
is not in charge of the person under escort as he considers appropriate in
the circumstances;
ii) subject to sub-paragraph (iv), where the tour or tours of duty does not or do not
amount in the aggregate to more than the normal daily period of duty, no
account shall be taken of any overtime except so much as together with the tour
or tours of duty exceeds the normal daily period of duty. This sub-paragraph
does not apply to members working in accordance with variable shift
arrangements;
iii) where a member is recalled to duty between two rostered tours of duty (or in the
case of a member working variable shift arrangements, shifts) and is entitled to
reckon less than 4 hours of overtime in respect of any period for which he is
recalled, disregarding any overtime reckonable under regulation 22(e) and the
determination made under that regulation, he shall be deemed to have worked
for such period 4 hours of overtime in addition to any overtime reckonable by
virtue of regulation 22(e).
iv) where the time at which a member is required to begin a rostered tour of duty (
in the case of a member working variable shift arrangements, a rostered shift) is
brought forward without due notice so that he is required to begin that tour of
duty ( in the case of a member working variable shift arrangements, that shift)
on a day on which he has already completed his normal daily period of duty (in
the case of a member working variable shift arrangements, a rostered shift), the
time for which he is on duty before the rostered commencement time shall be
reckonable as overtime and shall be taken into account as part of that tour of
duty ( in the case of a member working variable shift arrangements, that shift).
2) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS DETERMINATION:
a)
A “day’s pay” means the member’s pay for the week in question divided by 5.
b) “normal daily period of duty” shall be construed in accordance with a
determination under regulation 22(a).
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c) “Pay period” means the period for which a member is paid.
d) “Week” means the period of 7 days beginning with such day as is fixed by the
chief officer.
e) In this determination and determinations made under regulations 22 and 33,
“day”, in relation to members of a police force, means a period of 24 hours
commencing at such time or times as the chief officer shall fix and the chief
officer may fix different times in relation to different groups of members.
f)
In discharging his functions under sub paragraph (e) above, the chief officer
shall have regard to the wishes of the joint branch board.
3) FOR PART-TIME MEMBERS
This paragraph has effect for part-time members of a police force below the rank of
inspector.
A part-time member of the rank of constable or sergeant who has been on duty for
more than 40 hours in any period of 7 days beginning with a day fixed for the
purposes of this determination by the chief officer (a relevant week) is entitled to an
allowance at the rate of one twelfth of an hour’s pay for each completed 15 minutes in
excess of 8 hours, on any day during that period on which he was on duty for more
than 8 hours, except that on each of the first 4 occasions on which overtime in respect
of which the constable or sergeant was not informed as mentioned in paragraph
(1)(g) is worked during a relevant week 30 minutes of the overtime worked is to be
disregarded;
a) In the case of a part-time member of a police force of the rank of constable or
sergeant working a variable shift arrangement, the number of hours on duty
shall, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (a) above, be determined by adding
together;
i)
The average number of hours the member is contracted to work in a
relevant week;
ii) The number of hours(if any) the member worked on any rest day during
that period; and
iii) The number of hours (if any) the member worked on any public holiday
during that period.
b) i)
A part-time member of a police force of the rank of constable or sergeant
may, before the end of a pay period (as determined under regulation 30),
elect to receive time off in lieu of an allowance, in respect of any long duty
day that occurred during a relevant week ending within the pay period.
ii) A “long duty day” means a day on which more than 8 hours is worked.
c) Subject to the exigencies of duty, where a member of a police force of the rank
of constable or sergeant has chosen to receive time off in lieu of an allowance
for overtime, the chief officer shall, within three months of the end of the
relevant week, grant him time off equal to the total of:
i)
the time in excess of 8 hours spent on duty on the day or days in respect of
which the choice was made; and
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ii) 15 minutes in respect of each completed 45 minutes of that time;
except that on each of the first four occasions on which overtime in respect of
which the part-time member of a police force of the rank of constable or
sergeant was not informed as mentioned in paragraph (1)(g) is worked during
a week, 30 minutes of the overtime worked is to be disregarded.
d) Any time counting for the purposes of regulation 24(1) (pay) as time spent on
duty, except
i)
time for which an allowance is received under sub-paragraph (g) or under
regulation 26 and the determination thereunder; and
ii) any period of less than 30 minutes during the first 30 minutes after the end
of a rostered shift, except a period of 15 minutes which the member was
told at the beginning of the shift would be required;
counts as time spent on duty for the purposes of sub-paragraph (c).
f)
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (b) a period of duty:
i)
which resulted from a member’s being recalled and returning to duty
between two rostered shifts, and
ii) the length of which, after deducting any travelling time counting as a
period of duty by virtue of regulation 22, was less than 4 hours;
counts as a period of duty lasting for the aggregate of 4 hours and any period
counting by virtue of regulation 22 (travelling time treated as duty).
g) Where the time at which a member of a police force of the rank of constable or
sergeant is required to commence a rostered shift is brought forward:
i)
without giving him notice 8 hours or more before the new commencement
time, and
ii) so that he is required to commence that shift on the day on which his
previous shift ended;
he is entitled to an allowance at the rate of one twelfth of an hour’s pay for each
completed 15 minutes of the time for which he is on duty before the rostered
commencement time.
h) A member who has become entitled to an allowance under sub-paragraph (g)
above may, before the end of the pay period during which the day on which he
was required to commence the shift occurred, elect to receive time off instead of
the allowance.
i)
Subject to the exigencies of duty, where a member has chosen to receive
time off in lieu of an allowance as mentioned in sub-paragraph (h) above,
the chief officer shall, within 3 months after the date of that decision, grant
him time off equal to one and one third times the number of completed
quarters of an hour for which he was on duty before the rostered
commencement time.
j)
Where:
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i)
(aa) on any day on which he has a rostered shift, a member has been on
duty for a period exceeding the length of that shift, or
(bb) on any other day on which he is on duty, he has been on duty for more
than 8 hours,
and
ii) he is not entitled in respect of that day to any allowance under sub-
paragraph (a) or (g) of this determination;
he may, not later than 4 days after the end of the relevant week in which the day
in question occurred,decide to be granted time off in respect of the excess over
the length of shift (in a case within i)(aa) above) or the period of 8 hours (in a
case within i)(bb) above (“the excess period”).
k) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (a) and (j) , a continuous period of duty
which began before and ended after the beginning of a day shall:
i)
if the day on which it ended was not:
(1) a public holiday,
(2) a rostered rest day, or
(3) a free day,
in respect of which he became entitled to an allowance under regulation 26
(public holidays and rest days) be treated as having fallen wholly within,
and
ii) in any other case, be treated as having consisted only of so much of the
period as fell within, the day on which the period began.
l)
Subject to the exigencies of duty, where a member has chosen to receive time
off under sub-paragraph (j), the chief officer shall, within 3 months of the
decision, grant him time off equal to the excess period.
m) For the purpose of Regulation 24(1) (pay) any extra period of duty in respect of
which time off is granted under sub-paragraph (d) or (i) counts as one and one
third times the number of completed quarters of an hour comprised in the extra
period of duty, and a period falling within sub-paragraph (f)(i) and (ii) counts as
one of 4 hours.
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REGULATION 26
ANNEX H REFERS
Public holidays and rest days
26. - (1) The Secretary of State shall determine the circumstances and manner in which
a member of a police force shall be granted leave or otherwise compensated in respect of time
spent on duty on -
(a) public holidays, or
(b) rostered rest days;
and in this regulation "rostered rest day", in relation to a member of a police force who is
required to do duty on that day, means a day which according to the duty roster was,
immediately before he was so required to do duty, to have been a rest day for the member.
(2) In making a determination under paragraph (1) the Secretary of State may confer on
the chief officer discretion -
(a) to fix the time at which, or the day on which, a period commences for the purposes
of the determination;
(b) to fix the period within which time off in compensation for time spent on duty as
mentioned in that paragraph is to be granted;
(c) to fix a limit on the time occupied by a member of a police force in travelling to and
from his place of duty which is to be included in a period of duty for the purposes
of the determination.
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ANNEX H
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 24
FOR REGULATION 26
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AND REST DAYS
1) ROSTERED REST DAYS and PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
a) A member of a police force of the rank of constable or sergeant shall, if required
to do duty on a day which is a rostered rest day, be granted:
i) where he receives less than 15 days’ notice of the requirement, an
allowance at the appropriate rest-day rate; or
ii) in any other case, another rest day, which shall be notified to him within 4
days of notification of the requirement.
b) Subject to paragraph (2)(a), the appropriate rest-day rate is, for each completed
15 minutes of duty on a rostered rest day, the fraction of a day’s pay specified in
sub-paragraph (c).
c) The fraction is:
i) where the member received less than 5 days’ notice of the requirement,
one sixteenth; and
ii) in any other case, three sixty-fourths.
d) A member of a police force of the rank of constable or sergeant shall, if required
to do duty on a day which is a public holiday, be granted:
i) where he receives less than 8 days’ notice of the requirement:
(1) an allowance at the appropriate rate and, in addition,
(2) another day off in lieu thereof, which shall be notified to him within 4
days of notification of the requirement, and which shall be treated for
the purpose of this determination as a public holiday;
ii) in any other case, an allowance at the appropriate rate.
e) A member of a police force of the rank of constable or sergeant who is required
to do duty on a day which is a public holiday or a rostered rest day may, within
28 days of the day in question, elect to receive, in lieu of an allowance as
mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)(i) or sub-paragraph (d)(i)or (ii), time off equal:
i) in the case of a day which is a public holiday, to double, and
ii) in the case of a rostered rest day:
(1) where the member received less than 5 days’ notice of the
requirement, to double, and
(2) in any other case to one and a half times, the period of completed
quarters of an hour of duty on the day in question.
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f)
Where such a member of a police force who is required to do duty on a day
which is a public holiday or a rostered rest day, or for a part-time member, a free
day has elected to receive time off as mentioned in sub-paragraph (e) or
paragraph 2(h), the chief officer shall, subject to the exigencies of duty, grant
such time off within such time (not exceeding 3 months) as he may fix, and
subject to such time off being taken, no allowance in respect of the day in
question shall be payable under sub-paragraph (a)(i) or, as the case may be,
subparagraph (d)(i) or (ii)’ or, for a part-time member paragraph 2(e) or (f).
g) Where the exigencies of duty have precluded:
(1) the allowance of a day’s leave on a public holiday, or
(2) the grant in any week of two rest days,
to a member of a police force of the rank of inspector or chief inspector,he shall,
during the next following twelve months and so far as the exigencies of duty
permit, be allowed or (as the case may be) granted a day’s leave in lieu of any
such day not allowed or granted.
h) Where the exigencies of duty have precluded:
(1) the allowance of a day’s leave on a public holiday, or
(2) the grant in any month of eight monthly leave days,
to a member of a police force of the rank of superintendent or chief
superintendent, he shall, during the next twelve months and so far as the
exigencies of duty permit, be allowed or (as the case may be) granted a day’s
leave in lieu of any such day not allowed or granted.
i) Where the exigencies of duty have precluded the allowance of a day’s leave on
a public holiday to any such member other than a member of a police force
above the rank of chief superintendent, he shall, during the next three months
and so far as the exigencies of duty permit, be allowed a day’s leave in lieu of
any such day not allowed.
j) For the purpose of this paragraph “month” means that period of 28 days
beginning with such day as is fixed by the chief officer of police.
2) PART–TIME CONSTABLES AND SERGEANTS
a) The appropriate rest-day rate for a part-time member of a police force of the
rank of constable or sergeant is, for each completed 15 minutes of duty on a
rostered rest day, the fraction of the member’s hourly rate of pay calculated in
accordance with the determination under regulation 24(1) specified in
subparagraph (b) below.
b) The fraction is:
i) where the member received less than 5 days’ notice of the requirement,
one quarter; and
ii) in any other case, one eighth.
c) A part-time member of a police force of the rank of constable or sergeant who:
i) is required to do duty on a free day, and
ii) receives not less than 15 days’ notice of the requirement,
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shall be granted another free day in lieu, which shall be notified to him within 4
days of notification of the requirement.
d) This sub-paragraph applies where:
i) a part-time member of a police force of the rank of constable or sergeant
is required to do duty on a free day, and
ii) he receives less than 15 days’ notice of the requirement, and
iii) the duty is of such a nature that it would not in the circumstances have been
reasonably practicable for it to be done by any other member.
e) Where sub-paragraph (d) applies:
i) if the member was on duty for more than 8 hours on the free day and for
more than 40 hours (in addition to any hours on a rostered rest day or
public holiday for which an allowance fell to be granted under this
determination) during the week in which the free day occurred, he is
entitled to an allowance at the rate of one twelfth of an hour’s pay for each
completed period of 15 minutes of duty done on the free day, and
ii) in any other case, he is entitled to time off equal to the total length of those
periods.
f) Where:
i) a member is required to do duty on a free day, and
ii) he receives less than 15 days’ notice of the requirement, but sub-paragraph
(d)(iii) does not apply,he is entitled to an allowance at the appropriate rest-
day rate.
g) In the case of a part-time member of a police force of the rank of constable or
sergeant working in accordance with variable shift arrangements,the number of
hours on duty shall for the purposes of sub-paragraph (e)(i) be determined by
adding together:
i) the average number of hours the member is contracted to work in the week
in which the free day occurred;
ii) the number of hours, if any, the member worked on any rest day in that
week; and
iii) the number of hours (if any) the member worked on any public holiday
within that period.
h) A member who is required to do duty on a free day may within 28 days of that
day elect to receive:
i) in lieu of an allowance under sub-paragraph (e)(i), time off equal to one
and one third times, and
ii) in lieu of an allowance under sub-paragraph (f), time off equal to one and a
half times,
the period of completed quarters of an hour of duty done on the free day.
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i)
Any entitlement of a member to an allowance for rest day, public holiday or free
day working in respect of any day is in addition to any payments due to that
member for that day in accordance with regulation 24 (pay) and the
determination thereunder.
j) For the purposes of regulation 24(1)(pay) and the determination thereunder:
i) a day’s leave allowed under paragraph (4)(a)(i) of the determination under
regulation 22 and a day off granted under paragraph (1)(d) above or under
paragraph (3)(j) below in respect of a public holiday each count as a
period of duty of 8 hours multiplied by the appropriate factor, and
ii) so much of any time off granted under sub-paragraph (h) or paragraph
(1)(f) above as exceeds the time spent on duty on the public holiday, rest
day or free day counts as time spent on duty.
3) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS DETERMINATION:
a) a member of a police force who is paid a dog handler’s allowance shall not be
treated as required to do duty by reason only of his being required to care for
the dog;
b) “a day’s pay” means a week’s pay at the rate at which the member was paid on
the day in question divided by five;
c) “the appropriate rate” for a full-time constable or sergeant means a sixteenth of
a day’s pay for each completed 15 minutes of duty done on a public holiday;
d) “the appropriate rate” for a part-time constable or sergeant is, for each
completed 15 minutes of duty done on a public holiday,one half of the member’s
hourly rate of pay calculated in accordance with regulation 24 and the
determination thereunder;
e) In this paragraph,“day” in relation to members of a police force, means a period
of 24 hours commencing at such time or times as the chief officer shall fix and
the chief officer may fix different times in relation to different groups of
members;
f) a reference to a day which is a public holiday is to be construed, in relation to
the member concerned as a reference to a day commencing at any time on the
calendar date of the public holiday in question;
g) “week” means a period of 7 days beginning with such day as is fixed by the
chief officer;
h) where a member is required to do duty, or is recalled to duty, for a period of less
than 4 hours on a public holiday or a rostered rest day or, for a part -time
member, a free day, such period or each such period, shall be treated as though
it were a period of 4 completed hours. The only exception to this is where a
period of not more than one hour of duty on a rostered rest day or,for a part-time
member, a free day immediately follows a normal daily period of duty (or, in the
case of a part-time member or a member working in accordance with variable
shift arrangements, a rostered shift). In this instance the period of not more than
one hour of duty counts as the number of period of 15 minutes actually
completed.
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i)
where a member is required to do duty on a public holiday or on a rostered rest
day or, for a part-time member, a free day, his period of duty shall include
(except for the purposes of sub paragraph (h) above) the time occupied by him
in going to and returning from his place of duty, not exceeding such reasonable
limit as may be fixed by the chief officer, save that, for the purposes of this sub-
paragraph, there shall be disregarded any period of time so occupied:
i) which together with the member’s period of duty exceeds 6 hours, or
ii) which is treated as a period of duty under regulation 22 (travelling time
treated as duty).
j) where it is at his own request that a member works on a day which is a public
holiday, rostered rest day or, for a part -time member, a free day, he shall not be
treated for the purposes of this determination as having been required to do
duty on that day but shall be granted another day off in lieu thereof, which shall
be treated as a public holiday, rostered rest day or free day as the case may be.
k) in relation to a part–time member of a police force:
i) the determined hours are the number of hours which the chief officer has
determined as his normal period of duty in a relevant period (as provided
for in Annex E paragraph (6)(ii) or paragraph (6)(v) as applicable),
ii) a relevant period is a period for which a duty roster relating to him has
effect for the time being under paragraph 3 of Annex E, and
iii) the appropriate factor is A/B, where
A
is the number of determined hours, and
B
is 40 times the number of weeks in the relevant period.
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REGULATION 27
ANNEXES I AND J REFER
Temporary salary and temporary promotion
27. The Secretary of State shall determine -
(a) the circumstances in which a member of a police force is entitled to receive a
temporary salary and the rate of that salary; and
(b) the circumstances in which a member of a police force is entitled to be temporarily
promoted and the rate of his salary while so promoted.
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ANNEX I
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 27
TEMPORARY SALARY
1) A member of a police force of the rank of superintendent or chief superintendent who
is required for a continuous period exceeding 7 days (or, in the case of a parttime
member, a continuous period of shifts amounting to at least 56 hours) to perform the
duties normally performed by a member of the force of a higher rank than his own,
otherwise (subject to paragraph (3)) than as the direct or indirect result of the
absence of any member of the force on a monthly or other leave day granted under
regulation 26 and any determination thereunder, shall be paid in respect of that
period, other than the first 7 days (or first continuous 56 hours of shifts in the case of
a part-time member) thereof, at a rate equal to the rate of pay of the member in that
higher rank.
2) A member of a police force of the rank of superintendent or chief superintendent who
is required for a continuous period exceeding 7 days (or continuous 56 hour period
of shifts in the case of a part-time member) to perform the duties normally performed
by such a member whose pay category under regulation 24 (1) and any
determination thereunder is higher than his own, otherwise (subject to paragraph
(3)) than as the direct or indirect result of the absence of any member of the force on
a monthly or other leave day granted under regulation 26 and any determination
thereunder, shall be paid in respect of that period, other than the first 7 days (or
continuous 56 hour period of shifts in the case of a part-time member) thereof, at a
rate equal to the rate of pay of the member in that higher pay category (for a parttime
member at the hourly rate arrived at by dividing by 8 a day’s pay at the rate of pay of
the member in that higher pay category).
3) Where any member of the force is absent for a continuous period comprising both:
a) Monthly or other leave days granted under regulation 26 and any determination
thereunder, and
b) One or more annual leave days granted under regulation 33 and any
determination thereunder, paragraph (1) or (2) shall have effect as if the entire
continuous period of absence were a period of annual leave.
4) Subject to paragraphs (6) and (7) and the provisions of this paragraph, a member of
a police force below the rank of superintendent who, in any year, has been required
to perform the duties normally performed by a member of the force of a higher rank
than his own for 14 complete days or, for a part-time member, for at least 112 hours
of complete shifts throughout which he performed the duties normally performed by
a member of the force of a higher rank than his own shall be paid in respect of each
further complete day (or complete shift in the case of a part-time member)in that
year on which he is required to perform such duties at a rate equal to the lowest rate
of pay to which he would be entitled on promotion to the higher rank, or for a
parttime member, equal to the lowest rate of pay to which he would be entitled on
promotion to the higher rank as a full-time member. A member of a police force
working in accordance with variable shift arrangements who has had qualifying shifts
amounting in total to 112 hours shall be paid in respect of each further qualifying shift
in that year at the hourly rate arrived at by dividing by 8 a day’s pay at the lowest rate
of pay to which he would entitled on promotion to the higher rank.
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5) Where:
a) a member of a police force below the rank of inspector is entitled to be paid
under paragraph (4),
b) the higher rank is that of inspector or above, and
c) the day on which the member is required to perform the duties referred to in
paragraph (4) is not a public holiday or rostered rest day, there shall be no
entitlement to an allowance or time off under regulation 25 and any
determination thereunder in respect of such duties.
6) Paragraph (4) shall not apply where:
a) a member of a police force below the rank of inspector is required to perform
the duties normally performed by a member of the force of the rank of inspector
or above, and
b) the day on which the member is so required to perform such duties is a public
holiday or rostered rest day.
7) A member of the police force of the rank of chief inspector who, in any year, has been
required to perform the duties normally performed by a member of the rank of
superintendent for 14 complete days (or, for a part-time member, for at least 112
hours of complete shifts) shall be paid in respect of any further complete day (or
complete shift,in the case of a part-time member) in that year on which he is required
to perform such duties at a rate equal to the lowest rate of pay to which he would be
entitled on promotion to superintendent.
8) Where a member of a police force:
a) on his last scheduled working day in any year is required to perform the duties
normally performed by a member of the force of a higher rank than his own, and
b) is paid in respect of that day a temporary salary under paragraph (4), and
c) on his first scheduled working day of the next following year continues for the
complete day to perform such duties,
he shall be paid, in respect of the day mentioned in sub-paragraph(c) and any
following complete day which together therewith forms a continuous period when he
is required to perform such duties, as if that day or days had formed part of the year
mentioned in sub-paragraph (a): provided that the said day or days shall be
disregarded for the purposes of the application of paragraph (4) to that member in
the year mentioned in sub-paragraph (c).
9) Where a member of a police force working in accordance with variable shift
arrangements:
a) has a qualifying shift as his last rostered shift in any year, and
b) is paid in respect of that shift a temporary salary under paragraph (4), and
c) has a qualifying shift as his first rostered shift in the next following year,
he shall be paid in respect of the shift mentioned in sub-paragraph (c) and any
qualifying shifts beginning on days that follow consecutively the day on which that
shift began as if that shift or shifts had occurred in the year mentioned in
subparagraph (a):
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provided that the said shift or shifts shall be disregarded for the purposes of the
application of paragraph (4) to that member in the year mentioned in sub-paragraph
(c).
10) For the purposes of paragraph (9) the expression “qualifying shift” means, in relation
to a member of a police force, a rostered shift throughout which he is required to
perform duties normally performed by a member of the force of a higher rank than
his own.
11) For the purposes of this determination “year”means a period of 12 months beginning
on 1 April.
12) For the purposes of this determination “day” means in relation to a full-time member
of a police force below the rank of inspector, his normal daily period of duty.
13) For the purposes of this determination “day” means in relation to a part-time member
of a police force the period that would constitute his normal daily period of duty if he
were a full-time member.
14) “Full-time member” means a member of the force appointed otherwise than under
regulation 5 and any determination thereunder.
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ANNEX J
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 27
TEMPORARY PROMOTION
1) A chief inspector who, for a period of 2 months or more, has performed the duties of
superintendent shall be temporarily promoted to the rank of superintendent.
2) A member shall, while temporarily promoted to the rank of superintendent, be paid
at the point on the superintendents’ pay scale which would have applied if the
promotion had not been temporary.
3) A member temporarily promoted in this way shall revert to the rank of chief inspector
when he is no longer required to perform these duties.
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REGULATION 28
ANNEX K REFERS
Sick pay
28. The Secretary of State shall determine the entitlement of members of police forces to
pay during periods of sick leave taken in accordance with a determination under regulation
33(5), and in making such a determination the Secretary of State may confer on the chief
officer discretion to allow a member of a police force to receive more pay than that specified
in the determination.
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ANNEX K
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 28
SICK PAY
1) Subject to paragraph (2), a member of a police force who is absent on sick leave, in
accordance with Regulation 33(5), shall be entitled to full pay for six months in any
one year period.Thereafter, the member becomes entitled to half pay for six months
in any one year period.
2) The period during which sick pay shall be paid and the rate of sick pay in respect of
any period of sick leave shall be calculated by deducting from the member’s
entitlement on the first day the aggregate of periods of paid absence during the
twelve months immediately preceding the first day of absence.
3) The chief officer of police may, in a particular case determine that for a specified
period
a) a member who is entitled to half pay while on sick leave is to receive full pay, or
b) a member who is not entitled to any pay while on sick leave is to receive either
full pay or half pay,
and may from time to time determine to extend the period.
4) For the purposes of this determination:
a) references to a member’s being on sick leave are references to his being absent
from duty while entitled to be so, under Regulation 33(5),
b) references to full pay are references to pay at the rate set out in the Secretary of
State’s determination of pay, made under Regulation 24(1), and
c) references to half pay are references to pay at half the rate of the member’s full
pay.
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REGULATION 29
ANNEX L REFERS
Maternity pay
29. The Secretary of State shall determine the entitlement of female members of police
forces to pay during periods of maternity leave.
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ANNEX L
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 29
MATERNITY PAY
1) Subject to the following provisions of this determination, a female member of a police
force who satisfies the conditions in paragraph (2) is entitled to be paid as respects
the first three months of any period or periods of maternity leave in any one
maternity period (as defined in the determination on maternity leave made under
regulation 33) taken in accordance with the determination on maternity leave made
under regulation 33, but is not entitled to be paid thereafter.
2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that:
a) at the beginning of the week in which the expected date of birth (as defined by
the determination on maternity leave made under regulation 33) occurs, the
female member of a police force will have served continuously for a period of
not less than sixty three weeks in that or any other police force; and
b) on the date (“the relevant date”) fifteen weeks before the expected date of birth
(as so defined) she either:
i) remains pregnant, or
ii) has given birth prematurely to a baby who is alive on the relevant date.
3) In this determination “week” means a period of seven days beginning with Sunday.
4) FOR PART-TIME MEMBERS
a) A part-time woman member who satisfies the conditions in paragraph (2) is to
be treated for the purposes of regulation 24 (1) and any determination
thereunder as having been on duty for the number of hours determined by
multiplying the number of her determined hours by the length in days of the
paid leave period and dividing the result by the length in days of the relevant
period.
b) For the purposes of paragraph (4)(a) the “determined hours” are the number of
hours which the chief officer has determined under the determination under
regulation 22(1)(a) (Annex E) as the member’s normal period of duty in a
relevant period.
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REGULATION 30
ANNEX M REFERS
Fixing of pay day and calculation of monthly, weekly and daily pay
30. - (1) The intervals at which members of a police force are to be paid shall be fixed
by the police authority in accordance with such rules as the Secretary of State may determine.
(2) The Secretary of State shall determine the manner of calculating monthly, weekly and
daily pay.
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ANNEX M
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 30
FIXING OF PAY DAY AND CALCULATION OF
MONTHLY, WEEKLY AND DAILY PAY
1) PAY
DAY
a) In fixing the intervals at which members of a police force shall be paid the
police authority may fix different intervals for different classes of members.
b) In fixing the interval for any class the police authority shall have regard to the
wishes of the members of that class.
c) The police authority may, if they think fit, pay to a member such part of his pay
as they may determine in advance of the day on which it would otherwise be due
to be paid in accordance with this determination.
2) MONTHLY
PAY
a) Subject to sub-paragraph (b),a month’s pay shall be calculated,for all purposes,
at a monthly rate of pay determined by dividing by 12 the annual rate.
b) For the purposes of regulation 13(2), a month’s pay for a part-time member is to
be calculated by multiplying one twelfth of the annual rate ascertained from the
determination under regulation 24(1) by the appropriate factor.
3) WEEKLY PAY
A week’s pay shall be calculated, for all purposes, at a weekly rate of pay determined
by dividing by 52 1/6 the annual rate.
4) DAILY
PAY
A day’s pay shall be calculated, except for the purposes of regulations 25 and 26 and
any determinations thereunder, at a daily rate determined by dividing by 7 the
weekly rate, determined as aforesaid.
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REGULATION 31
Deductions from pay of social security benefits and statutory sick pay
31. - (1) There shall be deducted from the pay of a member of a police force who is in
receipt of full pay -
(a) the amount of any short-term or long-term incapacity benefit to which he is entitled
under the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994;
(b) any statutory sick pay to which he is entitled under the Social Security Contributions
and Benefits Act 1992,
and for the purposes of sub-paragraph (a) any increase for adult and child dependants shall
be treated as forming part of the benefit or allowance to which it relates.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation, a female member of a police force who as a
married woman or widow has elected to pay contributions under section 19 of the Social
Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 at the reduced rate, shall be deemed to be
entitled to any social security benefits mentioned in paragraph (1) to which she would have
been entitled had she not elected to contribute at the reduced rate.
(3) In this regulation, "full pay" means pay at the rate ascertained from regulation 24 and
the determination made thereunder.
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REGULATION 32
ANNEX N REFERS
University scholars
32. The Secretary of State shall determine how Part 3 and this Part of these Regulations
and any determination made thereunder shall have effect in relation to a university scholar,
and in making such a determination the Secretary of State may confer on the police authority
discretion to determine whether or not the conditions subject to which a university scholar
is entitled to any payment under this Part are met.
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ANNEX N
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 32
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS
1) Regulations 22, 25 and 26 and the determinations made thereunder (Annexes E, G
and H) shall not apply to a university scholar for the duration of his course except for
such period or periods, if any, as he is engaged otherwise than in study.
2) A full-time university scholar, not being a member of the City of London or
metropolitan police force, who has undertaken a course of study given wholly or
mainly at an institution within the City of London or the metropolitan police district,
and has taken up residence within the City of London or the metropolitan police
district shall be entitled to supplementary pay of £1,827 a year, if his taking up
residence is, in the opinion of the police authority, due to his having undertaken his
course. Such supplementary pay shall be for the duration of the course, whether or
not he is resident throughout that period.
3) A part-time university scholar, not being a member of the City of London or
metropolitan police force, who has undertaken a course of study given wholly or
mainly at an institution within the City of London or the metropolitan police district
shall be entitled to supplementary pay at the rate obtained by multiplying by the
appropriate factor £1,827 a year, if his taking up residence is, in the opinion of the
police authority, due to his having undertaken his course. Such supplementary pay
shall be for the duration of the course, whether or not he is resident throughout that
period.
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REGULATION 33
ANNEXES O, P, Q, R, S AND T REFER
PART 5
LEAVE
Leave
33. - (1) Every member of a police force shall, so far as the exigencies of duty permit, be
granted in each leave year such annual leave as may be determined by the Secretary of State;
and in this regulation "leave year" means that period of 12 months beginning on such date
as may from time to time be determined by the police authority.
(2) In making a determination under paragraph (1) the Secretary of State may confer on
the chief officer discretion -
(a) to grant such additional days of annual leave in any leave year in such circumstances
and subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State may determine, and
(b) subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State may determine, to allow days of
annual leave granted under this regulation to be taken as a single period, or as single
days, or in periods of more than one day or as half days.
(3) In a determination under paragraph (1) the Secretary of State shall make provision
for the compensation of a member of a police force for being recalled to duty during a period
of annual leave granted under this regulation.
(4) Annual leave granted under this regulation shall be additional to the days on which
the member is not required to perform police duties in accordance with a determination
under regulation 26.
(5) A member of a police force shall not be entitled to be absent from duty on account
of injury or illness otherwise than in such circumstances as shall be determined by the
Secretary of State, and in making such a determination the Secretary of State may confer on
the police authority power to appoint, or approve the appointment of, a medical practitioner
for the purposes of any function to be carried out under the determination.
(6) A female member of a police force who is pregnant shall, in such circumstances as
shall be determined by the Secretary of State, have the right not to be unreasonably refused
special leave from duty to enable her to keep an appointment for the purpose of receiving
antenatal care.
(7) A female member of a police force qualifies for maternity leave in such circumstances
as shall be determined by the Secretary of State.
(8) A member of a police force shall, so far as the exigencies of duty permit, be granted
such -
(a) maternity support leave;
(b) parental leave;
(c) adoption leave; and
(d) adoption support leave,
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in such circumstances, as the Secretary of State shall determine; and in this paragraph
"maternity support leave" means leave to enable support to be given to an expectant mother
at or around the time of birth.
(9) A member of a police force shall, so far as the exigencies of duty permit, be entitled
to be permitted to take a reasonable amount of time off during periods of duty in order to
take such action, and for such purposes, in respect of a dependant of that member, and
subject to such conditions, as shall be determined by the Secretary of State; and for this
purpose the Secretary of State may determine the meaning of "dependant" in relation to
members of a police force.
(10) The Secretary of State may determine that any period of leave or time off taken in
accordance with a determination under paragraph (1), (6), (8) or (9) shall be treated as a
period of duty.
(11) Paragraph (5) and any determination thereunder shall apply to a member who is in
quarantine as it applies to a member who is ill subject, in the case of such a determination,
to such modifications as may be determined by the Secretary of State.
(12) The Secretary of State shall determine the circumstances in which, and the terms on
which, a member of a police force shall be entitled to take a career break.
(13) Any determination under paragraph (12) shall be without prejudice to any
arrangement in place under which a member is taking a career break at the time that
paragraph comes into force.
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ANNEX O
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 33
ANNUAL LEAVE
1) a) Every member of a police force of or above the rank of superintendent shall be
granted in each leave year the following period of annual leave namely-
i)
in the case of a member of the rank of superintendent or chief
superintendent, 31 days;
ii) in the case of a member of a rank higher than that of chief superintendent
who has not completed 10 years’relevant service,not less than 42 days;and
iii) in any other case, not less than 48 days.
b) Subject to sub-paragraph (c) below every member of a police force holding a
rank below that of superintendent shall be granted annual leave entitlements
(expressed in 8 hour days) in each leave year commencing after 31 December
2006 as set out in the table below:-
Table
Length of Service
Annual leave
Less than 2 years’ relevant service
22
2 or more years’ relevant service
25
5 or more years’ relevant service
25
10 or more years’ relevant service
27
15 or more years’ relevant service
28
20 or more years’ relevant service
30
c) Where the annual leave entitlement of a member of a police force
immediately before the coming into effect of this paragraph, in respect of the
first leave year commencing after 31st December 2003, exceeded the period
prescribed in his case in respect of that year by the foregoing provisions of
this paragraph he shall continue to be entitled to be granted such greater
period of leave until such time as he shall have completed such number of
years’ relevant service as, by virtue of the said provisions, entitle him to an
increased period of leave.
1 The Secretary of State notes the agreements of the Police Negotiating Board in 2004 and 2005 to give increased
annual leave entitlements as follows. However, these entitlements do not form part of this determination as
such.
Length of Service
2004
2005
Less than 2 years’ relevant service
22
22
2 or more years’ relevant service
22
23
5 or more years’ relevant service
24
25
10 or more years’ relevant service
27
27
15 or more years’ relevant service
28
28
20 or more years’ relevant service
30
30
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2) In the leave year in which a member of a police force is appointed to, is promoted in,
or retires from the force or completes such number of years’ relevant service as will
entitle him to an increased period of annual leave, his annual leave shall be
calculated at the rate of a twelfth of the period of annual leave appropriate, under
paragraph (1),to the rank held by him for each complete month of service in that rank
in the leave year in question, a fraction of a day being reckoned as a day:
Provided that where a member of a police force is promoted or completes the said
number of years’ relevant service while completing a month’s service in the leave
year in question, he shall be treated for the purposes of this paragraph as if he had
been promoted or, as the case may be, completed the said number of years’ relevant
service at the beginning of that month’s service.
3) In the case of a member of a police force of a rank not higher than that of chief
superintendent, the chief officer of police may, in his discretion and subject to the
exigencies of duty-
a) notwithstanding anything in paragraphs (1) and (2), where he is satisfied that, in
any leave year, the member has not taken the full period of annual leave
specified in those paragraphs, grant the member, during the following leave
year, additional days of annual leave not exceeding the number of days not
taken, so however that he shall not exercise his discretion so as to grant more
than 5 additional days of annual leave to a member unless he is satisfied that
there are exceptional circumstances and that it is in the interests of efficiency to
do so;
b) grant the member not more than 5 additional days of annual leave, to be taken
in the last month of the leave year, subject to a corresponding reduction being
effected in the member’s period of annual leave under paragraph (1) for the
following year.
4) a) Subject to sub paragraph (b), days of annual leave granted under this
determination may be taken, in the discretion of the chief officer of police and
subject to the exigencies of duty, as a single period, or as single days, or in
periods of more than one day or as half days.
b) In the case of a member below the rank of superintendent, not more than 3 days
of annual leave shall be taken as half days, and where annual leave is so taken,
the member-
i)
shall do duty on that day for 4 hours, and
ii) shall not be entitled to be allowed an interval for refreshment such as may
be determined under regulation 22(b).
5) a) Where a member of a police force has been recalled to duty from a period of
absence from duty to which this paragraph applies, he shall be granted, in
compensation for being recalled to duty on any day during that period which is
a day of annual leave or a day taken off in lieu of overtime-
i)
if he was so recalled to duty for 1 or 2 days (whether or not in the latter case
those days formed a single period), an additional 2 days’ annual leave (or,
if the member so choose, 1 day’s annual leave and 1 day’s pay at double
time) in lieu of each such day for which he was so recalled; or
ii) if he was so recalled to duty for 3 or more days (whether or not forming a
single period), 2 days’ annual leave (or, if the member so choose, 1 day’s
annual leave and 1 day’s pay at double time) in lieu of each of the first 2
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such days for which he was so recalled, and 1 ? days’ annual leave (or, if the
member so choose, 1 day’s annual leave and ? day’s pay at double time) in
lieu of each such day for which he was so recalled thereafter.
b) This paragraph applies to a period of absence from duty of 3 or more days,
where at least one of those days is a day of annual leave and the other days, if
not days of annual leave, are rostered rest days, day taken off in lieu of overtime,
public holidays, free days (or days taken off in lieu thereof) or monthly leave
days, or any combination thereof.
c) This paragraph applies in the case of a member of a police force who is required
to work on a day scheduled to fall in a period of absence from duty to which this
paragraph applies as it applies in the case of a member who is recalled to duty
from such a period.
6
a) This paragraph applies where:
i)
a member ceases to be a member of a police force, other than on
immediate transfer to another police force, during the course of his leave
year, and
ii) on the date on which he ceases to be a member of a police force, the
proportion he has taken of the annual leave to which he is entitled in the
leave year under this determination differs from the proportion of the leave
year which has expired.
b) Where the proportion of annual leave taken by the member is less than the
proportion of the leave year which has expired, the police authority shall make
him a payment in lieu of leave in accordance with sub-paragraph (c).
c) The payment due under sub-paragraph (b) shall be a sum equal to the amount
that would be due to the member in respect of a period of leave determined
according to the formula (AxB) - C where
A is the period of leave to which the member is entitled under this
determination;
B is the proportion of the member’s leave year which expired before the
termination date, and
C is the period of leave taken by the member between the start of the leave year
and the termination date.
d) Where the proportion of leave taken by the member exceeds the proportion of
the leave year which has expired, the police authority are entitled to
compensation, whether by payment, by additional service or otherwise.
7) a) For the purposes of this determination-“relevant service” means any service
which the member concerned is entitled to reckon for the purposes of pay
together with any service which he was previously so entitled to reckon-
(i) in the case of a member below the rank of superintendent, in any lower
rank;
(ii) in any other case, in the rank of superintendent or any higher rank,
except that relevant service shall not include any such service as is mentioned
in regulation 44.
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b) Where a member of an aerodrome constabulary has been transferred to a
police force by an order under section 30 of the Aviation Security Act 1982 then,
for the purposes of this paragraph, his service in any rank in that constabulary
shall be treated as if it were service in the corresponding rank in a police force.
8) 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 officer shall fix and the chief
officer may fix different times in relation to different groups of members.
b) In discharging his functions under sub paragraph (a) above, the chief officer
shall have regard to the wishes of the joint branch board.
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ANNEX OO
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 33
Career breaks
1) If a member of a police force who has completed the required period of
probation under Regulation 12 makes an application to take a career break to
the chief officer of his police force, the chief officer shall consider the
application and shall:
(a) make known his decision of acceptance or rejection to the member within
28 days of the application, and
(b) in the case of his rejection of the application, provide the member at the
same time as the rejection with written reasons for the rejection
2) A member whose application to take a career break has been rejected may
submit a notice of appeal to the police authority, within 28 days of receiving
the rejection and the reasons for rejection from the chief officer.
3) Before the start of the career break, the member shall agree with the chief
officer-
(a) the date on which the career break is to start
(b) the length of the career break, which shall not be greater than five years,
save that in exceptional circumstances the chief officer may allow more
than five years
(c) the end date of the career break, which shall not be later than the
compulsory retirement age for the member’s rank within the meaning of
regulation A18 of the Police Pensions Regulations 1987 or regulation 19 of
the Police Pensions Regulations 2006, as the case may be.
(d) objectives with timescales for the career break, which may be varied at
any time during the career break by agreement between the member
and the chief officer
4) The member shall inform the chief officer during the career break of any
circumstances which may affect the objectives or timescales of the career
break.
5) During the career break the member shall not undertake full-time education
or activities for which he is paid or reimbursed expenses or which involve him
in the sale of goods or services, by way of business, without the agreement of
the chief officer.
6) Where the chief officer has reasonable grounds for believing that the agreed
objectives and timescales of a career break may not be achievable, he may
require the member to attend a review. As the result of such a review, the chief
officer may require the member to return to duty, after a minimum notice
period of one month, provided that if the chief officer is minded to require the
member to return to duty he will allow the member to make appropriate
representations before he reaches a final decision.
7) Other than as provided in paragraph (6) the chief officer shall not require the
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member to return from the career break earlier than the agreed date.
8) On the agreed return date, the member shall return to duty with the same
determined hours and work pattern as before the start of the career break.
9) The chief officer shall allow the member before the agreed end date of the
career break to return to duty with the same determined hours and work
pattern as before the start of the career break -
(a) in the case that there is a suitable vacancy, within one month of the
member giving notice of his intention to return to duty
(b) in any other case, within three months of the member giving notice of his
intention to return to duty
10) During the career break the member remains a member of his police force for
the purposes of the Regulations and the Secretary of State’s determinations
thereunder, other than, subject to (11), the regulations and determinations of
the Secretary of State under Part 4 (Pay), Part 5 (Leave) and Part 6 (Allowances
and Expenses).
11) (a) A female member of a police force on a career break who becomes
pregnant shall give notice to the chief officer as soon as reasonably
practicable:
(i) that she is pregnant,
(ii) of the expected date of birth of her child
(iii) of her decision whether to exercise her entitlement under (b)
(b) Such a member shall be entitled to suspend her career break so that
Regulations 29 and 33(7) and the Secretary of State’s determinations
thereunder may apply to her
(c) Resumption of the career break in due course shall be subject to further
agreement between the chief officer and the member.
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ANNEX P
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 33
SICK LEAVE
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 him 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 he were fit to do so, he 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 him 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 ha s 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) 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 officer shall fix and the chief
officer may fix different times in relation to different groups of members.
b) In discharging his functions under sub paragraph (a) above, the chief officer
shall have regard to the wishes of the joint branch board.
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ANNEX Q
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 33
LEAVE FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANTE-NATAL CARE
1) A female member who is pregnant and who, on the advice of a registered medical
practitioner, registered midwife or registered health visitor, has made an
appointment to attend at any place for the purpose of receiving ante-natal care shall,
subject to the following provisions of this determination, have the right not to be
unreasonably refused special leave from duty to enable her to keep the appointment.
2) Subject to paragraph (3), the chief constable shall not be required by virtue of this
determination to permit a female member to take special leave from duty to keep an
appointment unless, if he requests her to do so, she produces for his inspection-
a) a certificate from a registered medical practitioner, registered midwife or
registered health visitor stating that she is pregnant, and
b) an appointment card or other document showing that the appointment has been
made.
3) Paragraph (2) shall not apply where the female member’s appointment is the first
appointment during her pregnancy for which she seeks permission to take special
leave from duty in accordance with paragraph (1).
4) A period of special leave from duty taken in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be
treated as a period of duty.
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ANNEX R
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 33
MATERNITY LEAVE
1) In this determination:
“expected date of birth” means, subject to paragraph (4), the date given in
accordance with paragraph (2)(b));
“maternity leave” means leave taken in accordance with the provisions of this
determination by a qualified member of a police force during the maternity
period;
“maternity period”, in relation to such a member, means a fifteen month period
which is elected by the member and which falls wholly within the period which:
(a) begins six months before the expected date of birth of the member’s child as
given under paragraph (2) (b) or, as the case may be, paragraph (4) and
(b) ends 12 months after the date so given.
“qualified member” means a member of a police force who qualifies under
paragraph (2).
2) Subject to the following provisions of this determination, a female member of a police
force qualifies for maternity leave when she has given to the chief officer of police
notice stating:
a) that she is pregnant;
b) the expected date of birth of her child; and
c) the date on which she intends to commence maternity leave or, where she
proposes to take more than one period of maternity leave, the proposed dates
of those periods.
3) A female member of a police force does not qualify for maternity leave where the
chief officer of police has requested a certificate from a registered medical
practitioner, registered midwife or registered health visitor setting out the matters
referred to in paragraph (2)(a) and (b) and she fails to produce such a certificate.
4) Where a certificate produced under paragraph (3) sets out a different date as the
expected date of the birth of the child of the female member of a police force from
the date given in accordance with paragraph (2)(b), the date given in the certificate
shall have effect in place of the date given in the notice.
5) A female member of a police force who is pregnant shall give the notice required by
paragraph (2) as soon as reasonably practicable after she becomes aware of the
expected date of birth of her child.
6) The date or dates given in accordance with paragraph (2)(c) may be amended by a
subsequent notice to the chief officer of police, provided that not less than 21 days’
notice is given of the qualified member’s intention to return to duty.
7) A qualified member shall commence maternity leave no later than the date given in
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accordance with paragraph (2)(b) and, subject to paragraphs (8) and (9), the leave
shall continue until the last day of the maternity leave.
8) Where a qualified member intends to return to duty before the end of the maternity
period after taking maternity leave,she shall give to the chief officer of police not less
than 21 days’ notice of her intention.
9) A notice under paragraph (8) may be subsequently revoked; and any such revocation
shall be without prejudice to the giving of another notice under that paragraph of an
intention to return to duty before the end of the maternity period.
10) During any period of maternity leave, a qualified member shall not be entitled to any
sick leave under regulation 33(2) and the determination on sick leave thereunder.
11) In paragraph (10) “period of maternity leave” means the period:
a) beginning on:
i)
the date given in accordance with paragraph (2)(c) as the date on which
the qualified member intends to commence maternity leave or, where she
proposes to take more than one period of such leave, the first of those
dates, or
ii) where that date or, as the case may be, the first of those dates has been
amended by a subsequent notice under paragraph (6), that date; and
b) ending on:
i)
where a notice has been given under paragraph (8) and has not been
subsequently revoked, the date so given; or
ii) where no such notice has been given or remains in force, the last day of the
maternity period.
12) 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 officer shall fix and the chief
officer may fix different times in relation to different groups of members.
b) In discharging his functions under sub paragraph (a) above, the chief officer
shall have regard to the wishes of the joint branch board.
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ANNEX S
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 33
1) MATERNITY SUPPORT LEAVE
(a) Subject to the following provisions of this determination, a member of a police
force who satisfies the conditions in paragraph (b) is entitled to be paid as
respects the first 5 days of any period of maternity support leave, but is not
entitled to be paid thereafter.
(b) So far as the exigencies of duty permit, a member of a police force who is the
child’s father, the partner or the nominated carer of an expectant mother shall
be granted, if the member so requires, 10 days maternity support leave at or
around the time of birth.
(c) Leave taken as maternity support leave shall be treated as duty.
(d) For the purposes of this determination, a nominated carer is the person
nominated by the mother to assist in the care of the child and to provide support
to the mother at or around the time of the birth.
(e) In the case of a part-time member, each day of paid maternity support leave
granted counts for the purposes of regulation 24 (1) and the determination
thereunder as a period of duty of 8 hours multiplied by the appropriate factor.
2) PARENTAL LEAVE
a) A member of a police force who:
i)
has served continuously for a period of not less than a year; and
ii) has, or expects to have, responsibility for a child,
is entitled, in accordance with this determination, to be absent from work on
parental leave for the purpose of caring for that child.
b) A member has responsibility for a child, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (a),
if:
i)
he has parental responsibility for the child; or
ii) he has been registered as the child’s father under any provision of section
10(1) or 10A(1) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953.
c) Subject to sub-paragraph (d) below a member is entitled to thirteen weeks’
leave in respect of any individual child.
d) A member is entitled to eighteen weeks’ leave in respect of a child who is
entitled to receive a disability living allowance.
e) Where the period for which a member is normally required to do duty in the
course of a week does not vary, a week’s leave for the member is a period of
absence from duty which is equal in duration to the period for which he is
normally required to do duty.
f)
Where the period for which a member is normally required to do duty in the
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course of a week varies from week to week or over a longer period, or where he
is normally required to work in some weeks but not in others, a weeks’ leave for
the member is a period of absence from duty which is equal in duration to the
period calculated by dividing the total of the periods for which he is normally
required to do duty in a year by 52.
g) Where a member takes leave in periods shorter than the period which
constitutes for him, a weeks’ leave under whichever of sub-paragraphs (e) and
(f) is applicable in his case, he completes a weeks’ leave when the aggregate of
the periods of leave he has taken equals the period constituting a weeks’ leave
for him under the applicable sub-paragraph.
h) Except in the cases referred to in sub-paragraphs (i) and (j), a member may not
exercise any entitlement to parental leave in respect of a child after the date of
the child’s 5th birthday or, in the case of a child placed with the member for
adoption by him, on or after:
i)
the 5th anniversary of the date on which the placement began, or
ii) the date of the child’s 18th birthday,
whichever is the earlier.
i)
In the case of a child:
i)
born before 15th December 1999, whose 5th birthday was or is on or after
that date, or
ii) placed with the member for adoption by him before 15th December 1999,
the 5th anniversary of whose placement was or is on or after that date,
not being a case to which sub-paragraph (j) applies, any entitlement to parental
leave may not be exercised after 31st March 2005.
j)
In the case of a child who is entitled to a disability living allowance, any
entitlement to parental leave may not be exercised on or after the date of the
child’s 18th birthday.
k) A member of a police force shall give notice to the chief officer of his intention
to take any part of the parental leave to which he is entitled. For the purposes of
this sub-paragraph, the notice required is notice which:
i)
specifies the dates on which the period of leave is to begin and end; and
ii) is given to the chief officer at least 21 days before the date on which that
period is to begin.
l)
As far as the exigencies of duty permit, the chief officer shall grant the member
parental leave where notice has been given in accordance with sub-paragraph
(k) above.
3) ADOPTION LEAVE
(a) Subject to the following provisions of this determination, a member of a
police force who satisfies the conditions in paragraph (b) or (c) is entitled
to be paid as respects the first 5 days of any period of adoption leave, but
is not entitled to be paid thereafter.
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(b) So far as the exigencies of duty permit, a member of a police force who is a
child’s adoptive father or mother and who has served continuously for a period
of not less than 26 weeks ending with the week the member is notified of having
been matched with a child for adoption, is entitled to 52 weeks adoption leave
at or around the time of adoption.
(c) Leave taken as adoption leave shall be treated as duty.
(d) So far as the exigencies of duty permit, a member of a police force who is a
child’s adoptive father or mother and who has served continuously for a period
of less than 26 weeks ending with the week the member is notified of having
been matched with a child for adoption, is entitled to 5 days adoption leave at
or around the time of adoption.
(e) In the case of a part-time member each day of paid adoption leave granted
counts for the purposes of regulation 24 (1) and the determination thereunder
as a period of duty of 8 hours multiplied by the appropriate factor.
4) ADOPTION SUPPORT LEAVE
(a) Subject to the following provisions of this determination, a member of a police
force who satisfies the conditions in paragraph (b) is entitled to be paid as
respects the first 5 days of any period of adoption support leave, but is not
entitled to be paid thereafter.
(b) So far as the exigencies of duty permit, a member of a police force who is an
adopter’s spouse or partner shall be granted, if the member so requires, 10 days
adoption support leave at or around the time of adoption.
(c) Leave taken as adoption support leave shall be treated as duty.
(d) In the case of a part-time member, each day of paid adoption support leave
granted counts for the purposes of regulation 24 (1) and the determination
thereunder as a period of duty of 8 hours multiplied by the appropriate factor.
5) (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 officer shall fix and the chief
officer may fix different times in relation to different groups of members.
(b) In discharging his functions under sub paragraph (a) above, the chief officer
shall have regard to the wishes of the joint branch board.
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ANNEX T
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 33
TIME OFF FOR DEPENDANTS
1) A member of a police force is entitled to be permitted by his chief officer to take a
reasonable amount of time off during his normal duty periods in order to take action
which is necessary:
a) to provide assistance on an occasion when a dependant falls ill, gives birth or is
injured or assaulted,
b) to make arrangements for the provision of care for a dependant who is ill or
injured,
c) in consequence of the death of a dependant,
d) because of the unexpected disruption or termination of arrangements for the
care of a dependant, or
e) to deal with an incident which involves a child of the member and which occurs
unexpectedly in a period during which an educational establishment which the
child attends is responsible for him.
2) Paragraph (1) does not apply unless the member:
a) tells his chief officer the reason for his absence as soon as reasonably
practicable, and
b) except where paragraph (a) cannot be complied with until after the member has
returned to duty, tells his chief officer for how long he expects to be absent.
3) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), for the purposes of this section “dependant”
means, in relation to a member of a police force:
a) a
spouse,
b) a
child,
c) a parent,
d) a person who lives in the same household as the member, otherwise than by
reason of being his employee, tenant, lodger or boarder.
4) For the purposes of paragraphs (1)(a) or (b) “dependant” includes, in addition to the
persons mentioned in paragraph (3), any person who reasonably relies on the
member:
a) for assistance on an occasion when the person falls ill or is injured or assaulted,
or
b) to make arrangements for the provision of care in the event of illness or injury.
5) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d) “dependant” includes, in addition to the
persons mentioned in paragraph (3), any person who reasonably relies on the
member to make arrangements for the provision of care.
6) A reference in this determination to illness or injury includes a reference to mental
illness or injury.
7) Leave taken as time off for dependants shall be treated as duty.
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REGULATION 34
ANNEX U REFERS
PART 6
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES
Allowances
34. - (1) Subject to regulation 38, the Secretary of State shall determine the entitlement
of members of a police force to any allowance, and in making such a determination the
Secretary of State may confer on -
(a) the police authority;
(b) the chief officer,
such functions -
(i) in relation to the calculation of an allowance,
(ii) where the payment of an allowance is subject to such conditions as may be
specified in the determination, in relation to those conditions,
as he thinks fit.
(2) No allowances shall be paid to a member of a police force except as provided by or
under these Regulations or approved by the Secretary of State, and the amounts and
conditions of payment of such allowances shall be as so provided or approved.
(3) Nothing in this regulation shall apply to the reimbursement of expenses incurred by
a member of a police force in the execution of his duty, being expenses authorised either
generally or specifically by the police authority in respect of which no allowance is payable
under these Regulations and no determination has been made under regulation 35.
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ANNEX U
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 34
FOR SCHEDULE 2
ALLOWANCES
1) MOTOR
VEHICLE
ALLOWANCES
a) Where the chief officer is of opinion that the duties normally performed by a
member of a police force are of such a nature that it is-
i)
essential, or
ii) desirable,
that the member in question should, at all material times, have a motor vehicle at his
disposal, he may authorise that member to use (subject to his directions) a motor
vehicle owned by the member for the purposes of duties performed by him and,
subject to the following provisions of this determination, in respect of such use the
member shall be paid a motor vehicle allowance. Use of a motor vehicle during
travelling time which is treated as duty in accordance with a determination under
regulation 22(1)(e) shall be treated as use for the purposes of duties performed by
the member.
b) A motor vehicle allowance shall not be payable in respect of the authorised use
of a motor vehicle unless there was in force in relation thereto a policy of
insurance in terms approved by the police authority, in relation to the use in
question, for the purposes thereof.
c) A motor vehicle allowance shall not be payable in respect of the authorised use
of a motor car of a cylinder capacity exceeding 500 c.c. unless the member
concerned was willing to carry passengers for the purposes of the duties
performed by him or, in the case of passengers being members of a police
force, by those members.
d) A motor vehicle allowance in respect of the authorised use of a motor car of a
cylinder capacity exceeding 500 c.c. shall, subject as aforesaid, be payable-
i)
where the chief officer of police is of the opinion mentioned in sub-paragraph
(a)(i), at the essential user’s rate;
ii) where the chief officer of police is of the opinion mentioned in sub-paragraph
(a)(ii), at the casual user’s rate,
as provided in sub-paragraphs (e) and (f) .
Provided that where the member concerned holds a rank above that of chief
superintendent he may instead be paid a flat rate motor vehicle allowance at such
annual rate as is determined by the police authority on such basis as is approved by
the Secretary of State.
e) i)
Subject to the following provisions of this determination, the amount of a
motor vehicle allowance payable at the essential user’s rate shall in any
year comprise a fixed element and a mileage element calculated as
provided in sub-paragraphs (ii) and (iii).
ii) The fixed element shall be calculated by reference to the number of
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completed months comprised in the period of authorised use for the year
in question at the annual rate specified in sub-paragraph (g) by reference
to the cylinder capacity of the motor car in question.
iii) The mileage element shall be calculated in relation to authorised use at the
rate specified in sub-paragraph (g) by reference to the cylinder capacity
of the motor car in question, and for that purpose sub-paragraph (g) so
specifies:
(1) a basic rate, in relation to authorised use not exceeding the mileage
specified in sub-paragraph (g) (“the basic mileage”), and
(2) a reduced rate in relation to authorised use in excess of the basic
mileage.
(f) A motor vehicle allowance in respect of the authorised use of-
(i) a motor car of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 500 c.c., or
(ii) a motor bicycle,
shall, subject as aforesaid, be payable on such conditions and at such rate as is
approved by the Secretary of State.
Motor Vehicle Allowances
Rate, with effect from 1 April 2006
451-999cc
1000-1199cc 1200-1450cc
Essential users
Lump sum per annum
£702
£792
£1,023
Per mile - first 8,500 miles
31.4p
33.8p
42.4p
Per mile - after 8,500 miles
12.1p
12.0p
14.3p
Petrol element per mile
8.306p
8.306p
9.272p
Amount of VAT per mile in petrol element 1.237p
1.237p
1.380p
Casual users
Per mile - first 8,500 miles
39.7p
43.1p
54.4p
Per mile - after 8,500 miles
12.1p
12.0p
14.3p
Petrol element per mile
8.306p
8.306p
9.272p
Amount of VAT per mile in petrol element 1.237p
1.237p
1.380p
h) Where in any year a motor vehicle allowance is payable at the essential user’s
rate it shall be payable in such instalments, in advance or in arrears, as the
police authority may determine; but when the amount of the allowance for that
year is finally calculated, any over payment shall be recoverable.
i)
Where in any year a motor vehicle allowance is payable at the essential user’s
rate to a member of a police force and the member is on sick leave, or maternity
leave, or the motor car in question is out of order, for a continuous period of four
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or more weeks in that year the allowance shall be reduced by such amount as
the police authority, with the approval of the Secretary of State, determines as
being appropriate in all the circumstances.
j)
Where in any year a motor vehicle allowance is payable at the essential user’s
rate but the period of authorised use is a fraction only of that year, sub
paragraph (e)(iii) shall have effect as if for the reference to the basic mileage
there were substituted a reference to the corresponding fraction of that mileage;
and for the purposes of this paragraph the monthly rate of the fixed element of
such an allowance so payable shall be taken to be a twelfth of the annual rate.
k) The amount of a motor vehicle allowance payable at the casual user’s rate shall
in any year be an amount calculated in relation to the mileage of authorised use
in that year at the rate specified in sub-paragraph (g) by reference to that
mileage and the cylinder capacity of the motor car in question, except that
where the amount of the allowance would be less if it were calculated at the
essential user’s rate, it shall be of an amount calculated in accordance with sub-
paragraph (e).
l)
The amount of a motor vehicle allowance payable to a member of a police force
shall not exceed that which would be payable if the vehicle in question were of
such a cylinder capacity, not being less than 1,000 c.c., as the chief officer of
police, with the approval of the police authority, has determined appropriate for
use for the purposes of the duties normally performed by the member
concerned.
m) In its application to a chief officer of police this determination shall have effect
as if any reference therein to that officer were a reference to the police authority.
n) For the purposes of this determination-
“authorised use” means the use, authorised under sub-paragraph (a), of a motor
vehicle owned by the member of a police force concerned for the purposes of
his duties as a member of that force or,where he has been statutorily transferred
from one force to another force, as a member of either of those forces, and
“period of authorised use” means the period during which such use is
authorised;
“cylinder capacity” means the cylinder capacity of the engine of a vehicle
calculated in accordance with regulations under paragraph 2(4) of Schedule 1
to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994;
“motor bicycle” means a mechanically propelled bicycle (including a motor
scooter, a bicycle with an attachment for propelling it by mechanical power and
a mechanically propelled bicycle used for drawing a sidecar);
“motor car” means a mechanically propelled vehicle other than a motor bicycle
and, accordingly, includes a mechanically propelled tricycle;
“year” means a period of twelve months beginning on such date as may be
determined by the police authority;
and a reference to a motor vehicle owned by a member of a police force is a
reference to such a vehicle kept and used by him.
2) DOG HANDLER’S ALLOWANCE
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a) Where a dog owned by the police authority is kept and cared for by a member
of a police force at his home, the member shall be paid a dog handler’s
allowance in respect of the care accorded to the dog on the member’s rest days
and on public holidays.
b) For this purpose the member shall be treated as keeping and caring for a dog
at his home if he would be doing so but for his being on annual leave.
c) The annual rate of this allowance with effect from 1 September 2006 is £1,926.
d) Where the member keeps and cares for at his home more than one dog owned
by the police authority, there shall be added to the allowance an amount equal
to 25 per cent of the sum specified in sub-paragraph (c) for each such dog.
3) LONDON ALLOWANCE
a) A member of the City of London or metropolitan police force shall be paid a
London allowance at the rate of:
i)
£4,338 a year if appointed on or after 1 September 1994 and not receiving
a replacement allowance under Schedule 3;
ii) £1,011 a year in other cases.
b) A part-time member of the City of London or metropolitan police force shall be
paid a London allowance of:
i)
(£4,338 multiplied by 6/12520) an hour if appointed on or after 1
September 1994 and not receiving a replacement allowance under
Schedule 3;
ii) (£1,011 multiplied by 6/12520) an hour in other cases.
c) A member of the City of London or metropolitan police force suspended under
the Conduct Regulations, other than a member to whom paragraph 1(1) of
Schedule 2 applies, shall be entitled to receive the London allowance.
4) LONDON TRANSITIONAL SUPPLEMENT
a) A member of the City of London or metropolitan police force who joined before
1 September 1994 and receives an allowance being:
i)
at half rate, a replacement allowance equivalent to a housing allowance
under regulation 49 of the 1987 Regulations as it had effect before 1
September 1994, or
ii) at flat rate, a replacement allowance equivalent to a transitional rent
allowance under regulation 49B of the 1987 Regulations as it had effect
before 1 September 1994
shall be paid an allowance at the rate of £1000 a year.
b) A part-time member of the City of London or metropolitan police force who
joined before 1 September 1994 and receives an allowance as at (a)(i) or (ii)
shall be paid an allowance of (£1000 multiplied by 6/12520) an hour.
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c) Payment shall cease if the member moves to the full rate of replacement
allowance.
5) SOUTH EAST ENGLAND ALLOWANCE
a) A member of the Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey or Thames Valley
constabulary shall be paid an allowance at the rate of £2,000 a year if appointed
on or after 1 September 1994 and not receiving a replacement allowance under
Schedule 3.
b) A member of the Bedfordshire, Hampshire or Sussex constabulary shall be paid
an allowance at the rate of £1,000 a year if appointed on or after 1 September
1994 and not receiving a replacement allowance under Schedule 3.
c) A part-time member of the Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey or Thames Valley
constabulary shall be paid an allowance of (£2000 multiplied by 6/12520) an
hour if appointed on or after 1 September 1994 and not receiving a replacement
allowance under Schedule 3.
d) A part-time member of the Bedfordshire, Hampshire or Sussex constabulary
shall be paid an allowance of (£1000 multiplied by 6/12520) an hour if appointed
on or after 1 September 1994 and not receiving a replacement allowance under
Schedule 3.
6) SOUTH EAST ENGLAND TRANSITIONAL SUPPLEMENT
a) A member of the Hertfordshire, Kent or Surrey constabulary who joined the
police service before 1 September 1994 and receives an allowance at the rate of
less than £2,000 a year being:
i)
at half rate, a replacement allowance equivalent to a housing allowance
under regulation 49 of the 1987 Regulations as it had effect before 1
September 1994, or
ii) at flat rate a replacement allowance equivalent to a transitional rent
allowance under regulation 49B of the 1987 Regulations as it had effect
before 1 September 1994
shall be paid a supplementary allowance at the rate of the difference between
£2000 and the replacement allowance that he is receiving..
b) A part-time member of the Hertfordshire, Kent or Surrey constabulary who
joined before 1 September 1994 and receives an allowance as at (a)(i) or (ii)
shall be paid a supplementary allowance at the hourly rate of the difference
between (£2000 multiplied by 6/12520) and the hourly rate of the replacement
allowance that he is receiving.
c) Payment shall cease if the member moves to the full rate of replacement
allowance.
7) SPECIAL PRIORITY PAYMENTS
a) A member in a qualifying post in his force’s special priority payment scheme
who meets the personal criteria in sub-paragraph (g) below shall be paid an
allowance (special priority payment).
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b) The annual amount for each qualifying post shall be determined by the chief
officer and the police authority. The amount shall normally be no less than £500
and no more than £3,000, although exceptionally, annual amounts of up to £5,000
may be determined.
c) The payment will be made as a single non-pensionable lump sum in December
of each year commencing in 2003
d) In December 2003, a member who is entitled to a special priority payment shall
be paid an amount
i)
equal to three quarters of the annual amount for the qualifying post when
the member has been in the post from 1 April to 31 December 2003, or,
ii) in other cases, a fraction of the amount in sub-paragraph (i) corresponding
to the fraction of the period from 1 April to 31 December 2003 during which
the member has been in the post
e) In December 2004 and in subsequent years, a member who is entitled to a
special priority payment shall be paid an amount
i)
equal to the annual amount for the qualifying post when the member has
been in post from 1 January to 31 December in that year, or
ii) in other cases, a fraction of the amount in sub-paragraph (i) corresponding
to the fraction of the period from 1 January to 31 December during which
the member has been in the post.
f)
In agreeing the qualifying posts for the force’s special priority payment scheme,
the chief officer and police authority shall have regard to the following criteria
in respect of any post, that it:
•
Carries a significantly higher responsibility level than the norm for the
rank; or
•
Presents particular difficulties in recruitment and retention; or
•
Has specially demanding working conditions or working environments.
g) The personal criteria are that the member has demonstrated that he is fully
competent in and highly committed to his duties and responsibilities.
8) BONUS PAYMENTS
A chief officer may award a payment of between £50 and £500 to a member of his
force where he is satisfied that the member concerned has performed a piece of
work of an outstandingly demanding, unpleasant or important nature
9) POST-RELATED ALLOWANCES FOR CHIEF SUPERINTENDENTS
a) A chief superintendent in a qualifying post shall be paid a Post-Related
Allowance (PRA) of £5,001 a year (non-pensionable).
b) A qualifying post is a post identified as such by the force’s chief officer,following
consultation with the local branch of the Superintendents’ Association and in
agreement with the police authority.
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c) In identifying any qualifying posts for the purposes of this paragraph, the chief
officer shall have regard to the following criteria:
•
Whether the post is that of BCU commander, with exceptionally difficult
policing conditions, high public profile, and particularly complex
community relationships;
•
Whether the post is otherwise a very demanding post, including one
dealing with high volumes of serious crime, high levels of deprivation and
difficult conflict in community and partnership working.
d) A PRA will not be paid to a person acting up, under Annex I of the
determinations, in the absence of a post-holder entitled to a PRA.
The PRA will not be paid to anyone acting up, under Annex I of the
determinations, in the absence of a post-holder entitled to a PRA.
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REGULATION 35
ANNEX V REFERS
Expenses
35. - (1) The Secretary of State shall determine the entitlement of members of a police
force to reimbursement of any expenses incurred by such a member in or in connection with
the execution of his duty.
(2) Where, in making a determination under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State
specifies conditions subject to which expenses are to be reimbursed, he may in that
determination confer on -
(a) the police authority;
(b) the chief officer,
such functions in relation to those conditions as he thinks fit.
(3) The expenses that may be reimbursed under a determination made under paragraph
(1) include tax paid by a chief officer in connection with removal or relocation expenses
associated with his appointment.
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ANNEX V
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 35
EXPENSES
1) REIMBURSEMENT OF MEDICAL CHARGES
a) A member of a police force, if the charges are incurred by reason of an injury
received without his default in the execution of his duty as a constable, shall be
reimbursed any charges incurred in his case under section 77, 78 or 79 of the
National Health Service Act 1977 (which sections relate to charges for certain
drugs, medicines and appliances and for dental treatment).
b) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (a), “injury” and “injury received in the
execution of duty” have the same meanings as they have in the Police Pensions
Regulations.
2) REMOVAL EXPENSES
a) Where a member of the police force moves his home in circumstances to which
this sub-paragraph applies, the police authority-
i)
shall either reimburse the reasonably incurred cost of removal or carry out
the removal;
ii) shall, where the member was the owner of his former home, reimburse
expenses reasonably incurred by him–
(1) in connection with the disposal thereof, or
(2) in a case where and to the extent that the chief officer of police so
decides,in connection with the renting of that former home to tenants.
ii) shall, where the member is the owner of his new home, reimburse
expenses reasonably incurred by him in connection with the acquisition
thereof if-
(1) he was the owner of his former home, or
(2) the police authority, after consulting the chief officer of police, are
satisfied that he could neither have been provided with a suitable
house or quarters nor have been reasonably expected to find suitable
rented accommodation within a reasonable distance of his normal
place of duty,
so, however, that where the police authority are of opinion that the
member could have acquired a suitable home for a consideration less
than that actually paid, they may restrict the reimbursement of
expenses directly related to the consideration paid by him to
expenses which would have been reasonably incurred had he paid
that lesser consideration;
iii) shall reimburse the member payments made by him to meet relevant
liabilities in respect of the first 26 weeks following the move and may, if
they think fit, reimburse him such payments in respect of such further
period as they may determine so, however, that where the police authority
are of opinion that the member has not taken all reasonable steps to reduce
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or terminate his liability to make such payments as aforesaid they may
restrict the reimbursement to payments which the member would have
been liable to make had he taken all such steps.
b) Sub-paragraph (a) applies where the member moves his home-
i)
on joining the force in the rank of assistant chief constable or a higher rank;
or
ii) except as a consequence of joining the force otherwise than on being
statutorily transferred thereto, and the removal is, in the opinion of the chief
officer of police, due to the exigencies of police duty or is made at the
request of the chief officer of police and is, in his opinion, in the interests of
the efficiency of the force.
c) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (a)(iv) relevant liabilities are-
i)
liabilities in respect of mortgage interest or rent payable in connection with
his former home; and
ii) in respect of any days in respect of which he is liable to pay council tax in
respect of his former home, the amount by which that tax and any council
tax he is liable to pay in respect of his new home exceeds the council tax
that he would have been liable to pay in respect of his former home if he
had not moved from it.
d) Where a member of a police force moves his home in consequence of his
voluntarily transferring from one force to another, otherwise than in
circumstances to which sub-paragraph (b) applies, the police authority of the
force to which he transfers-
i)
may either reimburse the reasonable cost of removal or carry out the
removal;
ii) may, in the circumstances mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)(ii), reimburse
the expenses there mentioned;
iii) may, in the circumstances and subject to the conditions mentioned in sub-
paragraph (a)(iii), reimburse the expenses there mentioned;
iv) may, subject to the conditions mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)(iv),
reimburse the expenses there mentioned.
e) Where the cost of removal is reimbursed or the removal is carried out by the
police authority under sub-paragraph (a) or (d) the police authority shall
reimburse
i)
an item of expenditure incidental to the move and not otherwise covered in
this determination if the member can satisfy the police authority of the
necessity of the expenditure.
ii) where he satisfies the police authority that, in consequence of the move, he
has failed to benefit, in whole or in part, from expenditure reasonably
incurred by him prior to the move (other than such payments as are
referred to in sub paragraph (a)(iv)), the whole or the proportionate part of
that expenditure so far as it is not recoverable by him.
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f)
Where a member of a police force has been requested by the chief officer of
police, in the interests of the efficiency of the force, to move his home, and-
i)
the member has, in consequence, in connection with the contemplated
disposal of his home and acquisition of a new home, incurred any
expenses; and
ii) he would, if he had moved his home, have been reimbursed those
expenses by the police authority in pursuance of sub-paragraph (a)(i) or
(iii); but
iii) in consequence of a subsequent decision of the chief officer of police, the
member does not in fact move his home,
he shall be entitled, notwithstanding that he has not moved his home, to be
reimbursed those expenses by the police authority.
g) To qualify for reimbursement, an item of removal expenditure must be
necessary, reasonable and backed by a receipt.
h) In this determination-
i)
any reference to an owner of any property is a reference to an occupier
thereof whose interest therein is either a freehold interest or a leasehold
interest which is neither a yearly or shorter tenancy nor a furnished
tenancy, and
ii) any reference to expenses incurred in connection with the disposal or
acquisition of any property shall be construed as including, in particular,
estate agent’s, auctioneer’s and solicitor’s fees, stamp duty and expenses in
connection with the redemption, transfer or taking out of a mortgage; and
any reference to expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition of
any property shall be construed as also including expenses in connection
with the contemplated acquisition of a property other than that acquired.
3) FOOD AND ACCOMMODATION EXPENSES
a) When a member of a police force is necessarily prevented in the course of a tour
of duty from obtaining a meal in his usual way, he shall be reimbursed the
difference between the meal he then obtains and the meal he usually takes in
the course of that tour of duty, provided that the additional expenditure is
reasonable and backed by a receipt.
b) When a member of a police force is retained on duty beyond his normal daily
period of duty, he shall be reimbursed the cost of any meal he then necessarily
obtains provided that expenditure is reasonable and backed by a receipt.
c) A member of a police force shall be reimbursed accommodation expenses
necessarily incurred in connection with duty away from his usual place of duty,
or necessary because he has been retained on duty beyond his normal daily
period of duty provided that the expenditure is reasonable and backed by a
receipt.
d) The usual place of duty for this purpose is the police establishment in which the
member is stationed. The chief officer shall determine the date at which a
member on duty away from his usual establishment becomes for the time being
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stationed at the place where he is temporarily on duty.
e) A member of a police force shall, if he requests, be given an advance to cover,
as far as practicable, probable expenses of duty away from his usual place of
duty.
f)
In the case of a part-time member and in the case of a member working in
accordance with variable shift arrangements, in sub-paragraph (a) for the words
“tour of duty” and in sub-paragraph (b) for the words “normal daily period of
duty”, substitute “rostered shift”.
4) TRAIN TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR CERTAIN RANKS
A member of a police force of the rank of superintendent or above who is required to travel
by train in the execution of his duty shall be entitled to travel in first-class accommodation
and to be reimbursed his expenses accordingly.
5) RELEVANT TRAVELLING EXPENSES
a) This paragraph applies where a member of a police force is-
i)
required to perform his normal daily period of duty in more than one tour
of duty, or
ii) recalled to duty between two tours of duty,
and travels to and from his home between tours, or, as the case may be, in
consequence of his recall (in this paragraph referred to as “relevant travelling”).
b) Relevant travelling expenses shall be treated as expenses incurred in the
execution of duty and,unless they are expenses in respect of which an allowance
is payable under these Regulations and determinations thereunder,the member
concerned shall be reimbursed those expenses to the extent that they do not
exceed such reasonable limit as the police authority may fix.
6) UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS
a) This Annex shall have effect in relation to a university scholar subject to the
provision contained in (b).
b) Where a university scholar moves his home and the removal is, in the opinion of
the police authority, due to his having undertaken or completed his course of
study and is, in their opinion, reasonable in all the circumstances of his case,
paragraph (2) shall have effect in his case as if the removal were such as is
mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) thereof.
Home Office
2007
Minister of State
Determination
April 2007
Regulation 36 page 1
REGULATION 36
Continuance of allowances when member ill
36. If a member of a police force who is regularly in receipt of an allowance to meet an
expense which ceases during his or her absence from duty is placed upon the sick list or is
on maternity leave, the allowance shall be payable during his or her absence from duty up
to a period of a month, but thereafter, during the remainder of his or her absence from duty,
payment may be suspended at the discretion of the chief officer.
Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 527
April 2003
Regulation 37 page 1
REGULATION 37
Allowances in respect of periods of suspension
37. This Part of these Regulations shall have effect in relation to a member of a police
force suspended under the Conduct Regulations, subject to the provisions of paragraphs 2
and 3 of Schedule 2.
Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 527
April 2003
Regulation 38 page 1
REGULATION 38
Replacement allowance
38. Schedule 3 shall have effect.
Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 527
April 2003
Regulation 39 page 1
REGULATION 39
Restriction on payments for private employment of police
39. Without prejudice to the generality of regulation 34(2), a member of a police force
who is engaged on duty at the request of any person who has agreed to pay the police
authority for the member's services shall not be entitled to any payment for those services
except as provided by or under these Regulations; and any payments made in pursuance of
that agreement shall be made by that person to the police authority.
Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 527
April 2003
Regulation 40 page 1
REGULATION 40
PART 7
RECKONING OF SERVICE
Reckoning of service in the Police Service of Northern Ireland
40. - (1) Where a member of a police force joined or rejoined that force having left the
Police Service of Northern Ireland, on or after 17th December 1969, for that purpose or on
exercising the right of reversion conferred prior to 1st April 1995 by section 2(1) of the Police
Act 1969 and on or after that date by section 53C of the Police Act 1964 or section 97 of the
Act then, for the purposes of regulation 24, his service in any rank in the Police Service of
Northern Ireland shall be treated as if it were service in the corresponding rank in the police
force he joined or rejoined as aforesaid:
Provided that in the case of a member of a police force of a rank higher than that of chief
inspector this paragraph shall have effect subject to any contrary agreement.
(2) A member of a police force of the rank of constable shall be entitled to reckon, for
the purposes of pay for that rank, any period of service in the Police Service of Northern
Ireland not reckonable under paragraph (1).
(3) In this regulation, any reference to a rank corresponding to a rank in a police force
is a reference to a rank in the Police Service of Northern Ireland designated by the Secretary
of State for the purposes hereof as the rank corresponding to the rank in question.
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April 2003
Regulation 41 page 1
REGULATION 41
Reckoning of service in the British Transport Police Force
41. - (1) Where a member of a police force joined or rejoined that force having left the
British Transport Police Force, on or after 1st September 1994 then, for the purposes of
regulation 24, his service in any rank in the British Transport Police Force shall be treated as
if it were service in the corresponding rank in the police force he joined or rejoined as
aforesaid:
Provided that in the case of a member of a police force of a rank higher than that of chief
inspector this paragraph shall have effect subject to any contrary agreement.
(2) A member of a police force of the rank of constable shall be entitled to reckon, for
the purposes of pay for that rank, any period of service in the British Transport Police Force
not reckonable under paragraph (1).
(3) In this regulation, any reference to a rank corresponding to a rank in a police force
is a reference to a rank in the British Transport Police Force designated by the Secretary of
State for the purposes hereof as the rank corresponding to the rank in question.
Reckoning of service in the Royal Parks Constabulary
41A. - (1) Where a member of a police force joined or rejoined that force after having left
the Royal Parks Constabulary, on or after 1st July 2004 then, for the purposes of regulations
24 and 33, his service in any rank in the Royal Parks Constabulary shall be treated as if it
were service in the corresponding rank in the police force he joined or rejoined as aforesaid:
Provided that in the case of a member of a police force of a rank higher than that of chief
inspector this paragraph shall have effect subject to any contrary agreement.
(2) A member of a police force of the rank of constable shall be entitled to reckon, for
the purposes of pay for that rank, any period of service in the Royal Parks Constabulary not
reckonable under paragraph (1).
(3) In this regulatin, any reference to a rank corresponding to a rank in a police force is
a reference to a rank in the Royal Parks Constabulary designated by the Secretary of State for
the purposes hereof as the rank corresponding to the rank in question.
Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 2834
April 2007
Regulation 42 page 1
REGULATION 42
Reckoning by constables of service in certain constabularies
42. - (1) A member of a police force of the rank of constable shall be entitled to reckon
for the purposes of pay for that rank any period of service in a constabulary mentioned in
paragraph (2).
(2) The constabularies referred to in paragraph (1) are -
(a) the Ministry of Defence Police, that is to say the force established by section 1 of the
Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987 or, before the coming into force of that Act,
comprising constables appointed under section 3 of the Special Constables Act 1923
on the nomination of the Defence Council or, before 1st April 1964, of the Admiralty,
Army Council or Air Council;
(b) the Port of Tilbury Constabulary or, before the coming into force of the Port of
Tilbury Transfer Scheme 1991 Confirmation Order 1992, the Port of London
Authority's police force, that is to say the force of constables appointed under section
154 of the Port of London Act 1968.
Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 527
April 2003
Regulation 43 page 1
REGULATION 43
Reckoning of service in an airport constabulary
43. Where a member of an aerodrome constabulary has been transferred to a police force
by an order under section 30 of the Aviation Security Act 1982 then, for the purposes of
regulation 24, his service in any rank in that constabulary shall be treated as if it were service
in the corresponding rank in a police
Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 527
April 2003
Regulation 44 page 1
REGULATION 44
Reckoning by constables of overseas police service
44. - (1) A member of a police force of the rank of constable shall be entitled to reckon
for the purposes of pay for that rank the following periods of service, that is to say, any period
of -
(a) certified overseas police service such as is mentioned in paragraph (2);
(b) certified service in the British South Africa Police such as is mentioned in paragraph
(3),
(c) such service in a police force in the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man as is
mentioned in paragraph (4),
notwithstanding that such service is not service in the rank of constable in a police force in
Great Britain.
(2) The reference in paragraph (1) to certified overseas police service is a reference to -
(a) continuous service as a member of a police force in any territory or country outside
the United Kingdom, being a colony, protectorate or protected state within the
meaning of the British Nationality Act 1948 a dependent territory within the meaning
of the British Nationality Act 1981 or, where appropriate, the territory or country
wherein the colony, protectorate or protected state or dependent territory was
incorporated after the inception of the service, subject to it having been certified by
or on behalf of the Secretary of State that -
(i) the service was, at its inception, pensionable, and
(ii) in his opinion the person concerned ceased so to serve for reasons connected
with constitutional developments in the territory or country in question, or
(b) continuous service for 6 years or more as a member of a police force outside the
United Kingdom, subject to it having been certified by or on behalf of the Secretary
of State that -
(i) the person concerned so served under a contract of service,
(ii) immediately before he ceased so to serve, the person concerned was, for the
purposes of section 12 of the Overseas Development and Co-operation Act 1980,
a person designated in accordance with such an agreement as is therein
mentioned, and
(iii) in his opinion the person concerned ceased so to serve for reasons connected
with constitutional developments in the territory or country in question,
except that the said reference in paragraph (1) does not include a reference to service as
a reversionary member of a home police force.
(3) The reference in paragraph (1) to certified service in the British South Africa Police
is a reference to continuous service as a member thereof, for a period which included 11th
November 1965, up to such time, on or after that date, as the person concerned ceased to
perform duties therein, subject to his having ceased to perform those duties before 2nd March
1970 and subject to it having been certified by or on behalf of the Secretary of State that he
approves the application of this regulation in the case of the person concerned.
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April 2003
Regulation 44 page 2
(4) The reference in paragraph (1) to service in a police force in the Channel Islands or
the Isle of Man is a reference to service in -
(a) the Island police force maintained under the Police Force (Guernsey) Law 1986;
(b) the States of Jersey police force maintained under the Jersey Laws entitled the Police
Force (Jersey) Law 1974, or
(c) the Isle of Man Constabulary maintained under the Police Act 1993 (an Act of
Tynwald).
(5) A certificate given by or on behalf of the Minister of Overseas Development before
12th November 1970, shall be treated for the purposes of paragraph (2) as if it had been given
by or on behalf of the Secretary of State.
Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 527
April 2003
Regulation 45 page 1
REGULATION 45
ANNEX W REFERS
PART 8
UNIFORM AND EQUIPMENT
Issue of uniform and equipment
45. The Secretary of State shall determine the circumstances in which and the conditions
subject to which uniform and equipment is to be issued by the police authority to a member
of a police force of the rank of constable or sergeant, and in making such a determination
the Secretary of State may confer on the police authority discretion -
(a) to specify the type of uniform and equipment to be issued;
(b) to issue uniform and equipment to members of the police force in ranks other than
constable or sergeant.
Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 527
April 2003
Annex W page 1
ANNEX W
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 45
UNIFORM
Sergeants and constables shall be entitled to receive the uniform and equipment that they
need free of charge and in a clean and serviceable condition. The police authority shall
determine the extent of this need.The police authority may decide to provide uniform and
equipment for police force members of higher ranks. Unless other arrangements are
made, such uniform and equipment remains the property of the police authority and shall
be returned when the member leaves the force.
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Regulation 46 page 1
REGULATION 46
PART 9
DETERMINATIONS
Determinations
46. - (1) Before making a determination under any provision of these Regulations relating
to the matters mentioned in section 61(1) of the Act, the Secretary of State shall take into
consideration any recommendation made by the Police Negotiating Board and shall supply
the Board with a draft of the determination; and subsection (2) of section 62 of the Act shall
apply in relation to a recommendation to be made for the purposes of this paragraph as it
applies in relation to a recommendation to be made for the purposes of subsection (1) of that
section.
(2) Before making a determination under any provision of these Regulations relating to
any other matter, the Secretary of State shall supply the Police Advisory Board for England
and Wales with a draft of the determination, and take into consideration any representations
made by that Board.
(3) A determination under any provision of these Regulations for regulating pay and
allowances may be made with retrospective effect to any date specified in the determination,
but nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as authorising the pay or allowances payable
to any person to be reduced retrospectively.
(4) A determination under any provision of these Regulations may make different
provision for different cases and circumstances.
Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 527
April 2003
Regulation 47 page 1
REGULATION 47
PART 10
REVOCATIONS AND SAVINGS
Revocations and savings
47. - (1) The Regulations specified in Part 1 of Schedule 4 are revoked to the extent
specified.
(2) The revocations have effect subject to the savings in Part 2 of Schedule 4.
John Denham
Minister of State
Home Office
5th March 2003
Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 527
April 2003
Schedule 1 page 1
SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 6
ANNEX AA REFERS
RESTRICTIONS ON THE PRIVATE LIFE OF MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCES
1. - (1) A member of a police force shall at all times abstain from any activity which is
likely to interfere with the impartial discharge of his duties or which is likely to give rise to
the impression amongst members of the public that it may so interfere.
(2) A member of a police force shall in particular -
(a) not take any active part in politics;
(b) not belong to any organisation specified or described in a determination of the
Secretary of State.
2. A member of a police force shall not reside at premises which are not for the time
being approved by the chief officer.
3. - (1) A member of a police force shall not, without the previous consent of the chief
officer, receive a lodger in a house or quarters with which he is provided by the police
authority or sub-let any part of the house or quarters.
(2) A member of a police force shall not, unless he has previously given written notice
to the chief officer, receive a lodger in a house in which he resides and in respect of which
he receives an allowance under Schedule 3 or sub-let any part of such a house.
4. A member of a police force shall not wilfully refuse or neglect to discharge any lawful
debt.
Statutory Instrument 2004 No. 3216
January 2005
Annex AA page 1
ANNEX AA
DETERMINATION
FOR SCHEDULE 1
FOR REGULATION 6
RESTRICTIONS ON THE
PRIVATE LIFE OF MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCES
No member of a police force may be a member of any of the following organisations -
(a) the British National Party;
(b) Combat 18;
(c) the National Front
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SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 24
Regulation 27
ANNEX U REFERS
EFFECT OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION ON PAY AND ALLOWANCES
1. - (1) Subject to paragraph 3, a member of a police force suspended under the Conduct
Regulations who -
(a) is detained in pursuance of a sentence of a court in a prison or other institution to
which the Prison Act 1952 applies, or is in custody (whether in prison or elsewhere)
between conviction by a court and sentence, or
(b) has absented himself from duty and whose whereabouts are unknown to the chief
officer (or an assistant chief officer acting as chief officer),
shall not, by virtue of regulation 24, be entitled to pay in respect of his period in detention
or custody or, as the case may be, in respect of the period during which his whereabouts are
unknown as aforesaid.
(2) Where the member suspended is a chief constable or other senior officer within the
meaning of the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2004, sub-paragraph (1)(b) shall have effect as
if for the words after "unknown" there were substituted "to the police authority".
2. Subject to paragraph 3, a member of a police force suspended under the Conduct
Regulations shall not, by virtue of Part 6 of these Regulations, be entitled to any allowance,
in respect of the period of suspension, other than -
(a) an allowance under Schedule 3; or
(b) in the case of a member to whom paragraph 1(1) does not apply, such allowance as
the Secretary of State may determine.
3. Where a member of a police force returns to duty when the period of suspension
comes to an end and -
(a) it has been decided that he shall not be charged with a disciplinary offence, or
(b) he has been so charged and all the charges have been dismissed, or
(c) he has been so charged and has been punished by a reduction in his rate of pay, fine,
reprimand or caution,
he shall receive, as from the date of his suspension, the pay to which, but for paragraph 1,
and the allowances to which, but for paragraph 2, he would have been entitled by virtue of
these Regulations.
4. Where a member of a police force is fined under the Conduct Regulations, the fine
shall, without prejudice to any other method of recovery, be recoverable by way of deductions
from the member's pay during the period of 13 weeks following the imposition of the fine
so, however, that the aggregate sum which may be deducted in pursuance of this paragraph
in respect of any one week (whether on account of one or more fines) shall not exceed a
seventh of his weekly pay:
Provided that in the event of the member leaving the police force, the whole amount of any
fine unpaid may be deducted from any pay then due.
Statutory Instrument 2006 No. 3449
April 2007
Annex U page 1
ANNEX U
DETERMINATION
FOR REGULATION 34
FOR SCHEDULE 2
ALLOWANCES
1) MOTOR
VEHICLE
ALLOWANCES
a) Where the chief officer is of opinion that the duties normally performed by a
member of a police force are of such a nature that it is-
i)
essential, or
ii) desirable,
that the member in question should, at all material times, have a motor vehicle at his
disposal, he may authorise that member to use (subject to his directions) a motor
vehicle owned by the member for the purposes of duties performed by him and,
subject to the following provisions of this determination, in respect of such use the
member shall be paid a motor vehicle allowance. Use of a motor vehicle during
travelling time which is treated as duty in accordance with a determination under
regulation 22(1)(e) shall be treated as use for the purposes of duties performed by
the member.
b) A motor vehicle allowance shall not be payable in respect of the authorised use
of a motor vehicle unless there was in force in relation thereto a policy of
insurance in terms approved by the police authority, in relation to the use in
question, for the purposes thereof.
c) A motor vehicle allowance shall not be payable in respect of the authorised use
of a motor car of a cylinder capacity exceeding 500 c.c. unless the member
concerned was willing to carry passengers for the purposes of the duties
performed by him or, in the case of passengers being members of a police
force, by those members.
d) A motor vehicle allowance in respect of the authorised use of a motor car of a
cylinder capacity exceeding 500 c.c. shall, subject as aforesaid, be payable-
i)
where the chief officer of police is of the opinion mentioned in sub-paragraph
(a)(i), at the essential user’s rate;
ii) where the chief officer of police is of the opinion mentioned in sub-paragraph
(a)(ii), at the casual user’s rate,
as provided in sub-paragraphs (e) and (f) .
Provided that where the member concerned holds a rank above that of chief
superintendent he may instead be paid a flat rate motor vehicle allowance at such
annual rate as is determined by the police authority on such basis as is approved by
the Secretary of State.
e) i)
Subject to the following provisions of this determination, the amount of a
motor vehicle allowance payable at the essential user’s rate shall in any
year comprise a fixed element and a mileage element calculated as
provided in sub-paragraphs (ii) and (iii).
ii) The fixed element shall be calculated by reference to the number of
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completed months comprised in the period of authorised use for the year
in question at the annual rate specified in sub-paragraph (g) by reference
to the cylinder capacity of the motor car in question.
iii) The mileage element shall be calculated in relation to authorised use at the
rate specified in sub-paragraph (g) by reference to the cylinder capacity
of the motor car in question, and for that purpose sub-paragraph (g) so
specifies:
(1) a basic rate, in relation to authorised use not exceeding the mileage
specified in sub-paragraph (g) (“the basic mileage”), and
(2) a reduced rate in relation to authorised use in excess of the basic
mileage.
(f) A motor vehicle allowance in respect of the authorised use of-
(i) a motor car of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 500 c.c., or
(ii) a motor bicycle,
shall, subject as aforesaid, be payable on such conditions and at such rate as is
approved by the Secretary of State.
Motor Vehicle Allowances
Rate, with effect from 1 April 2006
451-999cc
1000-1199cc 1200-1450cc
Essential users
Lump sum per annum
£702
£792
£1,023
Per mile - first 8,500 miles
31.4p
33.8p
42.4p
Per mile - after 8,500 miles
12.1p
12.0p
14.3p
Petrol element per mile
8.306p
8.306p
9.272p
Amount of VAT per mile in petrol element 1.237p
1.237p
1.380p
Casual users
Per mile - first 8,500 miles
39.7p
43.1p
54.4p
Per mile - after 8,500 miles
12.1p
12.0p
14.3p
Petrol element per mile
8.306p
8.306p
9.272p
Amount of VAT per mile in petrol element 1.237p
1.237p
1.380p
h) Where in any year a motor vehicle allowance is payable at the essential user’s
rate it shall be payable in such instalments, in advance or in arrears, as the
police authority may determine; but when the amount of the allowance for that
year is finally calculated, any over payment shall be recoverable.
i)
Where in any year a motor vehicle allowance is payable at the essential user’s
rate to a member of a police force and the member is on sick leave, or maternity
leave, or the motor car in question is out of order, for a continuous period of four
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or more weeks in that year the allowance shall be reduced by such amount as
the police authority, with the approval of the Secretary of State, determines as
being appropriate in all the circumstances.
j)
Where in any year a motor vehicle allowance is payable at the essential user’s
rate but the period of authorised use is a fraction only of that year, sub
paragraph (e)(iii) shall have effect as if for the reference to the basic mileage
there were substituted a reference to the corresponding fraction of that mileage;
and for the purposes of this paragraph the monthly rate of the fixed element of
such an allowance so payable shall be taken to be a twelfth of the annual rate.
k) The amount of a motor vehicle allowance payable at the casual user’s rate shall
in any year be an amount calculated in relation to the mileage of authorised use
in that year at the rate specified in sub-paragraph (g) by reference to that
mileage and the cylinder capacity of the motor car in question, except that
where the amount of the allowance would be less if it were calculated at the
essential user’s rate, it shall be of an amount calculated in accordance with sub-
paragraph (e).
l)
The amount of a motor vehicle allowance payable to a member of a police force
shall not exceed that which would be payable if the vehicle in question were of
such a cylinder capacity, not being less than 1,000 c.c., as the chief officer of
police, with the approval of the police authority, has determined appropriate for
use for the purposes of the duties normally performed by the member
concerned.
m) In its application to a chief officer of police this determination shall have effect
as if any reference therein to that officer were a reference to the police authority.
n) For the purposes of this determination-
“authorised use” means the use, authorised under sub-paragraph (a), of a motor
vehicle owned by the member of a police force concerned for the purposes of
his duties as a member of that force or,where he has been statutorily transferred
from one force to another force, as a member of either of those forces, and
“period of authorised use” means the period during which such use is
authorised;
“cylinder capacity” means the cylinder capacity of the engine of a vehicle
calculated in accordance with regulations under paragraph 2(4) of Schedule 1
to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994;
“motor bicycle” means a mechanically propelled bicycle (including a motor
scooter, a bicycle with an attachment for propelling it by mechanical power and
a mechanically propelled bicycle used for drawing a sidecar);
“motor car” means a mechanically propelled vehicle other than a motor bicycle
and, accordingly, includes a mechanically propelled tricycle;
“year” means a period of twelve months beginning on such date as may be
determined by the police authority;
and a reference to a motor vehicle owned by a member of a police force is a
reference to such a vehicle kept and used by him.
2) DOG HANDLER’S ALLOWANCE
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a) Where a dog owned by the police authority is kept and cared for by a member
of a police force at his home, the member shall be paid a dog handler’s
allowance in respect of the care accorded to the dog on the member’s rest days
and on public holidays.
b) For this purpose the member shall be treated as keeping and caring for a dog
at his home if he would be doing so but for his being on annual leave.
c) The annual rate of this allowance with effect from 1 September 2006 is £1,926.
d) Where the member keeps and cares for at his home more than one dog owned
by the police authority, there shall be added to the allowance an amount equal
to 25 per cent of the sum specified in sub-paragraph (c) for each such dog.
3) LONDON ALLOWANCE
a) A member of the City of London or metropolitan police force shall be paid a
London allowance at the rate of:
i)
£4,338 a year if appointed on or after 1 September 1994 and not receiving
a replacement allowance under Schedule 3;
ii) £1,011 a year in other cases.
b) A part-time member of the City of London or metropolitan police force shall be
paid a London allowance of:
i)
(£4,338 multiplied by 6/12520) an hour if appointed on or after 1
September 1994 and not receiving a replacement allowance under
Schedule 3;
ii) (£1,011 multiplied by 6/12520) an hour in other cases.
c) A member of the City of London or metropolitan police force suspended under
the Conduct Regulations, other than a member to whom paragraph 1(1) of
Schedule 2 applies, shall be entitled to receive the London allowance.
4) LONDON TRANSITIONAL SUPPLEMENT
a) A member of the City of London or metropolitan police force who joined before
1 September 1994 and receives an allowance being:
i)
at half rate, a replacement allowance equivalent to a housing allowance
under regulation 49 of the 1987 Regulations as it had effect before 1
September 1994, or
ii) at flat rate, a replacement allowance equivalent to a transitional rent
allowance under regulation 49B of the 1987 Regulations as it had effect
before 1 September 1994
shall be paid an allowance at the rate of £1000 a year.
b) A part-time member of the City of London or metropolitan police force who
joined before 1 September 1994 and receives an allowance as at (a)(i) or (ii)
shall be paid an allowance of (£1000 multiplied by 6/12520) an hour.
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c) Payment shall cease if the member moves to the full rate of replacement
allowance.
5) SOUTH EAST ENGLAND ALLOWANCE
a) A member of the Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey or Thames Valley
constabulary shall be paid an allowance at the rate of £2,000 a year if appointed
on or after 1 September 1994 and not receiving a replacement allowance under
Schedule 3.
b) A member of the Bedfordshire, Hampshire or Sussex constabulary shall be paid
an allowance at the rate of £1,000 a year if appointed on or after 1 September
1994 and not receiving a replacement allowance under Schedule 3.
c) A part-time member of the Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey or Thames Valley
constabulary shall be paid an allowance of (£2000 multiplied by 6/12520) an
hour if appointed on or after 1 September 1994 and not receiving a replacement
allowance under Schedule 3.
d) A part-time member of the Bedfordshire, Hampshire or Sussex constabulary
shall be paid an allowance of (£1000 multiplied by 6/12520) an hour if appointed
on or after 1 September 1994 and not receiving a replacement allowance under
Schedule 3.
6) SOUTH EAST ENGLAND TRANSITIONAL SUPPLEMENT
a) A member of the Hertfordshire, Kent or Surrey constabulary who joined the
police service before 1 September 1994 and receives an allowance at the rate of
less than £2,000 a year being:
i)
at half rate, a replacement allowance equivalent to a housing allowance
under regulation 49 of the 1987 Regulations as it had effect before 1
September 1994, or
ii) at flat rate a replacement allowance equivalent to a transitional rent
allowance under regulation 49B of the 1987 Regulations as it had effect
before 1 September 1994
shall be paid a supplementary allowance at the rate of the difference between
£2000 and the replacement allowance that he is receiving..
b) A part-time member of the Hertfordshire, Kent or Surrey constabulary who
joined before 1 September 1994 and receives an allowance as at (a)(i) or (ii)
shall be paid a supplementary allowance at the hourly rate of the difference
between (£2000 multiplied by 6/12520) and the hourly rate of the replacement
allowance that he is receiving.
c) Payment shall cease if the member moves to the full rate of replacement
allowance.
7) SPECIAL PRIORITY PAYMENTS
a) A member in a qualifying post in his force’s special priority payment scheme
who meets the personal criteria in sub-paragraph (g) below shall be paid an
allowance (special priority payment).
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b) The annual amount for each qualifying post shall be determined by the chief
officer and the police authority. The amount shall normally be no less than £500
and no more than £3,000, although exceptionally, annual amounts of up to £5,000
may be determined.
c) The payment will be made as a single non-pensionable lump sum in December
of each year commencing in 2003
d) In December 2003, a member who is entitled to a special priority payment shall
be paid an amount
i)
equal to three quarters of the annual amount for the qualifying post when
the member has been in the post from 1 April to 31 December 2003, or,
ii) in other cases, a fraction of the amount in sub-paragraph (i) corresponding
to the fraction of the period from 1 April to 31 December 2003 during which
the member has been in the post
e) In December 2004 and in subsequent years, a member who is entitled to a
special priority payment shall be paid an amount
i)
equal to the annual amount for the qualifying post when the member has
been in post from 1 January to 31 December in that year, or
ii) in other cases, a fraction of the amount in sub-paragraph (i) corresponding
to the fraction of the period from 1 January to 31 December during which
the member has been in the post.
f)
In agreeing the qualifying posts for the force’s special priority payment scheme,
the chief officer and police authority shall have regard to the following criteria
in respect of any post, that it:
•
Carries a significantly higher responsibility level than the norm for the
rank; or
•
Presents particular difficulties in recruitment and retention; or
•
Has specially demanding working conditions or working environments.
g) The personal criteria are that the member has demonstrated that he is fully
competent in and highly committed to his duties and responsibilities.
8) BONUS PAYMENTS
A chief officer may award a payment of between £50 and £500 to a member of his
force where he is satisfied that the member concerned has performed a piece of
work of an outstandingly demanding, unpleasant or important nature
9) POST-RELATED ALLOWANCES FOR CHIEF SUPERINTENDENTS
a) A chief superintendent in a qualifying post shall be paid a Post-Related
Allowance (PRA) of £5,001 a year (non-pensionable).
b) A qualifying post is a post identified as such by the force’s chief officer,following
consultation with the local branch of the Superintendents’ Association and in
agreement with the police authority.
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c) In identifying any qualifying posts for the purposes of this paragraph, the chief
officer shall have regard to the following criteria:
•
Whether the post is that of BCU commander, with exceptionally difficult
policing conditions, high public profile, and particularly complex
community relationships;
•
Whether the post is otherwise a very demanding post, including one
dealing with high volumes of serious crime, high levels of deprivation and
difficult conflict in community and partnership working.
d) A PRA will not be paid to a person acting up, under Annex I of the
determinations, in the absence of a post-holder entitled to a PRA.
The PRA will not be paid to anyone acting up, under Annex I of the
determinations, in the absence of a post-holder entitled to a PRA.
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SCHEDULE 3
Regulation 38
REPLACEMENT ALLOWANCE
Interpretation
1. - (1) This paragraph has effect for defining expressions used in paragraphs 2 to 8.
(2) "Qualifying member" means a member of a police force who -
(a) immediately before 1st September 1994 was a member of that or another police force,
(b) was not then on unpaid leave,
(c) has at all times after 31st August 1994 been a member of a police force, and
(d) has not after that date been on unpaid leave.
(3) Where a member of a police force in Scotland or Northern Ireland in receipt of a
replacement allowance under a corresponding regulation which has effect there transfers to
a police force in England and Wales he shall be treated from the date of his transfer as if he
were a qualifying member.
(4) Where a member of the British Transport Police Force in receipt of a housing
allowance transfers on or after 1st September 1994 to a police force in England and Wales he
shall be treated from the date of his transfer as if he were a qualifying member.
(4A) Where a member of the Royal Parks Constabulary in receipt of a housing allowance
transfers on or after 1st July 2004 to a police force in England and Wales he shall be treated
from the date of his transfer as if he were a qualifying member.
(5) "Re-joining member" means a member of a police force who by reason only of a
relevant absence is not a qualifying member.
(6) "Relevant absence" means -
(a) a period of central service or overseas service, or
(b) a period of relevant service within the meaning of paragraph (ca), (cb) or (cc) of
section 97(1) of the Police Act 1996 or any corresponding provision for the time
being in force in Scotland or Northern Ireland, or
(c) a period of unpaid leave,
ending after 31st August 1994.
(7) "Housing emoluments" means a housing allowance paid to members of the British
Transport Police Force or Royal Parks Constabulary or any one or more of the following kinds
of payments under the revoked provisions as they had effect before 1st September 1994 -
(a) a housing allowance under regulation 49,
(b) a transitional rent allowance and a transitional supplementary rent allowance under
regulation 49B,
(c) a supplementary housing allowance under regulation 50,
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(d) a compensatory grant under regulation 52, and
(e) a compensatory allowance under regulation 52B,
and in relation to a re-joining member includes a rent allowance under regulation 49 as it
had effect before 1st April 1990; and "housing allowance" and "transitional rent allowance"
mean respectively the allowances mentioned in (a) and (b) above.
(8) "The revoked provisions" means the provisions of the 1987 Regulations relating to
housing and housing payments that were revoked on 1st September 1994, that is to say
regulations 49 to 52, 52B and 72, paragraphs 16 to 18 of Schedule lA and paragraph 4(1) and
(2) of Schedule 4.
(9) "The 1987 Regulations" means the Police Regulations 1987.
Qualifying member previously provided with accommodation
2. - (1) A qualifying member who ceases to occupy a house or quarters with which he
was provided free of rent becomes entitled to a replacement allowance.
(2) The replacement allowance is, subject to paragraph 7, an allowance at a rate equal to
the total of -
(a) the rate at which housing allowance, or as the case may be transitional rent
allowance, was payable, or would have been payable if he had not been occupying
the house or quarters, immediately before 1st September 1994, and
(b) the rate at which any allowance under regulation 49(11) or 50(3) was or would have
been then payable.
Qualifying member with housing emoluments
3. - (1) A qualifying member who immediately before 1st September 1994 was in receipt
of housing emoluments is entitled to a replacement allowance unless he is provided with a
house or quarters free of rent.
(2) The replacement allowance is, subject to paragraphs 7 and 8, an allowance at the rate
at which the housing emoluments were payable immediately before 1st September 1994.
Re-joining member previously provided with accommodation
4. - (1) A re-joining member who immediately before the relevant absence began was
occupying a house or quarters with which he was provided free of rent becomes entitled to
a replacement allowance unless he is again provided with a house or quarters free of rent.
(2) The replacement allowance is, subject to paragraph 7, an allowance at the rate at
which, if he had not been occupying the house or quarters, housing allowance, or as the case
may be transitional rent allowance, would have been payable -
(a) where the relevant absence began before 1st September 1994, immediately before it
began, and
(b) in any other case, immediately before 1st September 1994.
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Re-joining member previously in receipt of housing payments
5. - (1) A re-joining member who immediately before the relevant absence began was in
receipt -
(a) of housing emoluments, or
(b) of a replacement allowance under paragraph 2 or 3,
becomes entitled to a replacement allowance unless he is provided with a house or quarters
free of rent.
(2) The replacement allowance is, subject to paragraph 7, an allowance -
(a) where sub-paragraph (1)(a) applies and subject to paragraph 8, at the rate at which
the housing emoluments were payable, and
(b) where sub-paragraph (l)(b) applies, at the rate at which the previous replacement
allowance was payable,
immediately before the relevant absence began.
Members provided with house or quarters
6. A qualifying member or a re-joining member who -
(a) is provided with a house or quarters free of rent, and
(b) if the revoked provisions had continued in force would have been entitled to an
allowance under regulation 49(11) or 50(3) of the 1987 Regulations,
is, subject to paragraph 7, entitled to an equivalent replacement allowance.
Variation and termination of replacement allowances
7. - (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), in circumstances in which -
(a) a housing allowance or transitional rent allowance payable as mentioned in
paragraph 2(2) or 4(2), or
(b) any of the housing emoluments mentioned in paragraphs 3(1), 5(1)(a) and 6,
would, if the revoked provisions had continued in force, have fallen to be reduced or
discontinued, the replacement allowance in question is reduced accordingly or, if the effect
of discontinuance would have been that no housing emoluments remained payable,
terminated.
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) it is to be assumed that a housing allowance
or transitional rent allowance would not have fallen to be reduced by reason of the member's
being married to or sharing accommodation with another member of a police force appointed
after 31st August 1994.
(3) In circumstances in which any allowance or housing emoluments mentioned in sub-
paragraph (1) would, if the revoked provisions had continued in force, have fallen to be
increased otherwise than under regulation 49A of the 1987 Regulations (which provided for
biennial adjustment of housing allowances), or in which any new housing emoluments
would in that case have become payable, the replacement allowance in question is increased
accordingly.
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Modification of compensatory allowance
8. - (1) This paragraph applies to a member whose entitlement to a replacement
allowance is calculated in whole or in part by reference to the rate at which he was in receipt
of a compensatory allowance under regulation 52B of the 1987 Regulations (a).
(2) This paragraph also applies to a member who would be entitled to a replacement
allowance calculated in whole or in part by reference to the rate at which he sould habe been
in receipt of a compensatory allowance under regulation 52B of the 1987 Regulations had
that regulation provided as set out in paragraph (3) before 1st September 1994.
(3) A member to whom this paragraph applies is entitled to a replacement allowance
calculated as if for regulation 52B of the 1987 Regulations there were substituted the
following regulation -
Compensatory allowance
52. - (1) This regulation applies where two or more persons, each of whom is a member
of a police force, are living in the same accommodation and at least one of them is appointed
to perform part-time service.
(2) Where this regulation applies those persons are entitled to a compensatory
allowance of a proportion of the appropriate amount determined in accordance with
guidance issued by the Secretary of State.
(3) Where there are only two persons living in the same accommodation and only
one of them is appointed to perform part-time service, the appropriate amount is given
by the formula
(A+B) – (C+D)
where–
A is the notional amount for the time being of any allowances that were payable under
regulations 49 to 51 to the full-time member before the part-time member’s appointment
as such,
B is the notional amount for the time being of any allowances that were then so payable
to the part-time member,
C is the amount for the time being of any allowances that are so payable to the full-time
member,
D is the amount for the time being of any allowances that are so payable to the part-time
member.
(4) Where there are only two persons living in the same accommodation and each
of them is appointed to perform part-time service, the appropriate amount is given by the
formula
(A+B) – (C+D)
where–
A is the notional amount for the time being of any allowances that were payable under
regulations 49 to 51 to one of the members (the “first part-time member”) before his
appointment as such,
B is the notional amount for the time being of any allowances that were then so payable
to the other member,
C is the amount for the time being of any allowances that are so payable to the first part-
time member,
D is the amount for the time being of any allowances that are so payable to the other
member.
(5) Where there are more than two persons living in the same accommodation, the
appropriate amount is given by the formula
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A–B
where–
A is the aggregate notional amount for the time being of any allowances that were
payable under regulations 49 to 51 to those members before the appointment of one of
them as a part-time member,
B is the aggregate amount for the time being of any allowances that are so payable to
those members.
(6) For the purposes of this regulation the notional amount for the time being of an
allowance is the amount that would for the time being be payable if the part-time
member were a full-time member.
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SCHEDULE 4
Regulation 47
REVOCATIONS AND SAVINGS
PART 1
REVOCATIONS
Instruments Revoked
References
Extent of revocation
The Police Regulations 1995
S.I. 1995/215
The whole Regulations
The Police (Amendment) Regulations 1995
S.I. 1995/547
The whole Regulations
The Police (Amendment No. 2)
S.I. 1995/2020
The whole Regulations
Regulations 1995
The Police (Amendment) Regulations 1996
S.I. 1996/699
The whole Regulations
The Police (Amendment) Regulations 1998
S.I. 1998/493
The whole Regulations
The Police Pensions (Amendment)
S.I. 1998/577
Regulation 5(4)
Regulations 1998
The Police (Efficiency) Regulations 1999
S.I. 1999/732
Regulation 23
The Greater London Authority Act 1999
S.I. 2000/1549
Article 4
(Consequential Amendments)
(Police) Order 2000
The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2000
S.I. 2000/2013
The whole Regulations
The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2001
S.I. 2001/3293
The whole Regulations
The Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001
S.I. 2001/3888
Regulation 3
(Consequential Amendments)
(Police Ranks) Regulations 2001
The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2002
S.I. 2002/1758
The whole Regulations
The Police (Amendment) (No.2)
S.I. 2002/2529
The whole Regulations
Regulations 2002
The Police (Amendment) (No.3)
S.I. 2002/3162
The whole Regulations
Regulations 2002
PART 2
SAVINGS
In relation to a person performing part-time service in the rank of inspector or chief inspector
pursuant to an appointment in the rank in question made under regulation 8A of the Police
Regulations 1987 before 1st September 1994, these Regulations, and any determination made
thereunder, shall have effect as if, for all purposes except that of determining pay, the
appointment had been in a rank lower than inspector.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations (which extend to England and Wales) replace the Police Regulations 1995
as amended by the regulations specified in Part 1 of Schedule 4 ("the 1995 Regulations"). The
amendments, other than drafting amendments, made by these Regulations are as follows.
Regulations 11 (appointment of senior officers), 12 (probationary service), 14 (retirement),
22 (duty), 25 (overtime), 26 (public holidays and rest days), 27 (temporary salary and
temporary promotion), 28 (sick pay), 29 (maternity pay), 30 (fixing of pay day and
calculation of pay), 32 (university scholars), 33 (leave), 34 (allowances), 35 (expenses) and
45 (uniform and equipment) provide for the determination by the Secretary of State of certain
matters prescribed by the 1995 Regulations. Such determinations, together with
determinations under regulation 24 (pay), are subject to the provisions of regulation 46.
Regulation 33 makes new provision for parental and adoption leave and for time off for
dependants, and replaces provision in the 1995 Regulations for paternity leave with provision
for maternity support leave.
Regulations 8, 23 and 71 of the 1995 Regulations (which provided for the division of police
areas into beats, sections and divisions, and for work which is not to be performed by
members of police forces and made temporary provision about deputy chief constables) are
not reproduced.
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Document Outline
- REGULATION 1 - Commencement and Interpretation
- REGULATION 2 - Reference to transfers
- REGULATION 3 - Interpretation
- REGULATION 4 - Government
- REGULATION 5 - Part Time appointments
- REGULATION 6 - Restrictions on the private life of members
- REGULATION 7 - Business interests
- REGULATION 8 - Business interests supplementary
- REGULATION 9 - Business interests precluding appointment
- REGULATION 10 - Qualifications for appointment
- REGULATION 11 - Appointment of senior officers
- REGULATION 12 - Probationary service in the rank of Constable
- REGULATION 13 - Discharge of probationer
- REGULATION 14 - Retirement
- REGULATION 15 - Contents of personal records
- REGULATION 16 - Transfer of personal records
- REGULATION 17 - Personal record of member leaving the force
- REGULATION 18 - Fingerprints
- REGULATION 19 - DNA Samples
- REGULATION 20 - Duty to carry out lawful orders
- REGULATION 21 - Limitations on duties
- REGULATION 22 - Duty
- REGULATION 23 - Meetings of Police Federation
- REGULATION 24 - Pay
- REGULATION 25 - Overtime
- REGULATION 26 - Public holidays and rest days
- REGULATION 27 - Temporary salary and temporary promotion
- REGULATION 28 - Sick pay
- REGULATION 29 - Maternity pay
- REGULATION 30 - Fixing of pay day
- REGULATION 31 - Deductions from pay
- REGULATION 32 - University scholars
- REGULATION 33 - Leave
- REGULATION 34 - Allowances and Expenses
- REGULATION 35 - Expenses
- REGULATION 36 - Continuance of allowances when member is ill
- REGULATION 37 - Allowances in respect of periods of suspension
- REGULATION 38 - Replacement allowance
- REGULATION 39 - Restricition on payments for private employment of Police
- REGULATION 40 - Reckoning of Service
- REGULATION 41 - Reckoning of service in BTP
- REGULATION 42 - Reckoniong of service within certain Constabularies
- REGULATION 43 - Reckoning of service in an airport constabulary
- REGULATION 44 - Reckoning of Overseas Police service
- REGULATION 45 - Uniform and equipment
- REGULATION 46 - Determinations
- REGULATION 47 - Revocations and savings
