The Police Regulations 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/851
• Sections: 118

Section 1 Citation and operation

These Regulations may be cited as the Police Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 15th June 1987.

Section 2 Revocations

The Regulations set out in Schedule 1 are hereby revoked.

Section 3 References to transfers

(1) Except where the context otherwise requires, 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—

(a) he left the force first mentioned in this regulation on or after 1st January 1963 for the purposes aforesaid with, in the case of the chief officer of police, the consent of the police authority;

(b) he left the force first mentioned in this regulation before 1st January 1963 for the purposes aforesaid with the written consent of the chief officer of police.

(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, or the Local Government Act 1972 ,

(b) in the case of a person who was a member of the River Tyne police force, under the Harbours Act 1964 .

(3) Except where the context otherwise requires, 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.

Section 4 References to provisions of these Regulations

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a regulation shall be construed as a reference to a regulation contained in these Regulations, a reference to a Schedule shall be construed as a reference to a Schedule to these Regulations, a reference to a paragraph shall be construed as a reference to a paragraph in the same regulation or, as the case may be, the same Part of the same Schedule and a reference to a sub-paragraph shall be construed as a reference to a sub-paragraph contained in the same paragraph.

Section 5 Meanings assigned to certain expressions, etc.

(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—

“central police officer” has the same meaning as in the Police Pensions Regulations ;

“ Discipline Regulations ” means the regulations relating to discipline from time to time in force under section 33 of the Police Act 1964 and sections 94(5), 101 and 102 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 ;

“inspector” includes chief inspector;

“overseas policeman” has the same meaning as in the Police Pensions 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 33 of the Police Act 1964;

“public holiday” means Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday;

“reversionary member of a home police force” has the same meaning as in the Police Pensions Regulations;

“rostered rest day” has the meaning assigned thereto by regulation 27(1);

“superintendent” includes chief superintendent;

“university scholar” and, in relation to such a scholar, “course” and “study” have the meanings respectively assigned to them in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4.

(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a police force shall include a reference to the Royal Ulster Constabulary 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 Royal Ulster Constabulary 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.

Section 6 Modification of Regulations in relation to metropolitan police force

(1) All payments required to be made under these Regulations by the Secretary of State as police authority for the metropolitan police district shall be paid out of the metropolitan police fund.

(2) Any reference to a police authority in a provision of these Regulations concerned with property shall in relation to the metropolitan police force be construed as including a reference to the Receiver for the metropolitan police district.

Section 7 Authorised establishment

The authorised establishment of the several ranks of a police force and any changes thereto shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of State and shall be sufficient to provide for the carrying out of police duties under responsible supervision in each tour of duty.

Section 8 Ranks

(1) The ranks of a police force shall be known by the following designations:—

Chief Constable.

Deputy Chief Constable.

Assistant Chief Constable or Commander.

Chief Superintendent.

Superintendent.

Chief Inspector.

Inspector.

Sergeant.

Constable.

(2) Notwithstanding anything in paragraph (1), in the metropolitan police force ranks other than those specified in that paragraph may be adopted with the approval of the Secretary of State.

Section 9 Beats, sections, sub-divisions and divisions

The area to which a constable is assigned for duty either generally or for a particular period of hours shall be known as a beat; a number of beats grouped for supervision by a sergeant or an inspector shall be known as a section; a number of sections grouped for supervision by an inspector, chief inspector or superintendent shall be known as a sub-division; a number of sections or sub-divisions grouped for supervision by a chief superintendent shall be known as a division.

Section 10 Restrictions on the private life of members

The restrictions on private life contained in Schedule 2 shall apply to all members of a police force; and 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 of police on the private life of members of a police force except such as may temporarily be necessary or such as may be approved by the Secretary of State after consultation with the Police Advisory Board for England and Wales, and any such restriction temporarily imposed shall be reported forthwith to the Secretary of State.

Section 11 Business interests incompatible with membership of a police force

(1) If a member of a police force or a relative included in his family 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 of police unless that business interest was disclosed at the time of his appointment as a member of the force.

(2) On receipt of a notice given under paragraph (1), the chief officer of police shall determine whether or not the interest in question is compatible with the member concerned remaining a member of the force and shall notify the member in writing of his decision.

(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 send to the member concerned copies of any documents submitted to them by the chief officer of police setting out the matters on which he relies in support of his decision and shall afford the member concerned a reasonable opportunity to comment thereon.

(5) Where a member of a police force has appealed to the police authority under paragraph (3) the police authority shall give him written notice of their determination of the appeal but, where they have upheld the decision of the chief officer of police 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).

(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 of police 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 of police 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.

(7) For the purposes of this regulation, 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;

(b) a shop is kept or a like business carried on by the member’s spouse (not being separated from him) at any premises in the area of the police force in question or by any relative included in his family at the premises at which he resides; or

(c) the member, his spouse (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 (8);

and a reference to a relative included in a member’s family shall include a reference to his spouse, parent, son, daughter, brother or sister.

(8) The licence or permit referred to in paragraph (7)(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.

(9) If a member of a police force or a relative included in his family has a business interest within the meaning of this regulation and, on that interest being notified or disclosed as mentioned in paragraph (1), the chief officer of police 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, this regulation 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.

(10) In its application to a chief constable, deputy chief constable or assistant chief constable, this regulation shall have effect as if—

(a) for any reference therein to the chief officer of police there were substituted a reference to the police authority;

(b) for any reference in paragraph (3), (5) or (6) to an appeal there were substituted a reference to a request for reconsideration; and

(c) the references in paragraph (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 this regulation without giving him an opportunity of making representations and shall consider any representations so made.

(11) In its application to a member of the metropolitan police force, this regulation shall have effect as if—

(a) for any reference to the chief officer of police there were substituted a reference to an assistant commissioner of police of the metropolis; and

(b) for any reference to the police authority there were substituted a reference to the commissioner of police of the metropolis;

except that nothing in this paragraph shall affect the power of the commissioner of police, subject to the approval of the police authority, to dispense with the services of a member of the metropolitan police force in pursuance of paragraph (6).

Section 12 Business interests precluding appointment to a police force

(1) Save in so far as the chief officer of police 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 11, and paragraphs (7) and (8) thereof shall apply for the purposes of the interpretation of this regulation as they apply for the purposes of that regulation.

(2) In its application to a candidate for appointment as chief officer of police or in the rank of deputy chief constable or assistant chief constable, paragraph (1) shall have effect as if for any reference to the chief officer of police there were substituted a reference to the police authority.

Section 13 Qualifications for appointment to a police force

(1) A candidate for appointment to a police force—

(a) 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;

(b) must have attained the age of 18 years 6 months and, unless he has previous service as a member of a police force or by reason of other experience or his personal qualities is specially suitable for appointment, must not have attained the age of 30 years or, if he has previous wholetime service in the armed forces or previous service as a seaman, 40 years;

(c) 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;

(d) must, if a candidate for appointment in the rank of constable—

(i) unless the chief officer of police otherwise decides, be not less in height than, in the case of a man, 172 cms, or in the case of a woman, 162 cms, and

(ii) satisfy the chief officer of police that he is sufficiently educated by passing a written or oral examination in reading, writing and simple arithmetic, or an examination of a higher standard, as may be prescribed by the chief officer of police;

(e) 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;

(f) 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;

(g) shall be given a notice in terms approved by the Secretary of State drawing attention to the conditions of service contained therein.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation—

(a) the expression “armed forces” means the naval, military or air forces of the Crown including any women’s service administered by the Defence Council, and

(b) the expression “seaman” has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 .

Section 14 Appointment of chief constable

Every appointment to the office of chief constable shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, and, without prejudice to regulations 12 and 13, no person shall be appointed to such a post in a police force unless he has at least 2 years' experience in some other force in the rank of superintendent or a higher rank.

Section 15 Appointment of deputy chief constable

Every appointment to the rank of deputy chief constable shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, and, without prejudice to regulations 12 and 13, no person shall be appointed to such a rank in a police force unless he has at least 2 years' experience in some other force in the rank of superintendent or a higher rank.

Section 16 Probationary service in the rank of constable

(1) This regulation shall apply to 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.

(2) A member of a police force to whom this regulation applies shall, unless paragraph (3) 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 of police, with the approval of the Secretary of State, determines in the circumstances of a particular case:

Provided that where, in the opinion of the chief officer of police, the said period of probation was seriously interrupted by a period of absence from duty by reason of injury or illness, the chief officer of police may at his discretion extend the period of probation for such longer period not exceeding 12 months as he determines in the circumstances of that particular case.

(3) A member of a police force to whom this regulation 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 of police, with the approval of the Secretary of State, determines in the circumstances of a particular case:

Provided that the chief officer of police may at his discretion—

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, or

dispense with the period of probation, if the member, following his previous appointment, completed the required period of probation in the force in question.

(4) For the purposes of this regulation—

(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 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.

Section 17 Discharge of probationer

(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 of police 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 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).

Section 18 Retirement

(1) Without prejudice to the provisions mentioned in paragraph (3), a member of a police force may retire only if he has given to the police authority a 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 Discipline Regulations, a member may not, without the consent of the chief officer of police, give notice for the purposes of this regulation or retire in pursuance of a notice previously given.

(2) In the case of a chief officer of police, deputy chief constable or assistant chief constable, the preceding paragraph shall have effect as if for the reference to the chief officer of police there were substituted a reference to the police authority.

(3) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a) the provisions of sections 5 and 6 of the Police Act 1964 relating to retirement in the interests of efficiency;

(b) the provisions of section 58(3) of the Police Act 1964 relating to the retirement of chief constables affected by amalgamations or local government reorganisation;

(c) the provisions of the Police Pensions Regulations relating to compulsory retirement, and

(d) the provisions of the Discipline Regulations relating to resignation as an alternative to dismissal.

Section 19 Contents of personal records

(1) The chief officer of police 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 (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;

(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 including particulars of all promotions, postings, removals, injuries received, periods of illness, commendations, rewards, punishments other than cautions, and the date of his ceasing to be a member of the police force with the reason, cause or manner thereof:

Provided that, if the member so requests—

a punishment of a fine or of a reprimand shall be expunged after 3 years free from punishment other than a caution;

any other punishment shall be expunged after 5 years free from punishment other than a caution.

(3) A member of a police force shall, if he so requests, be entitled to inspect his personal record.

Section 20 Transfer of personal records

Where a member of a police force transfers to another police force his personal record shall be transferred to the chief officer of police of that other police force.

Section 21 Personal record of member leaving force

(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 and the reason, cause or manner of his leaving the force:

Provided that, where the member was required to resign or was dismissed, the certificate shall not contain any description of the circumstances in which he was required to resign or was dismissed.

(2) The chief officer of police 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 of police may think fit and shall then be destroyed.

Section 22 Fingerprints

(1) Every member of a police force shall in accordance with the directions of the chief officer of police 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 police of that other police force.

Section 23 Duty to carry out lawful orders

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.

Section 24 Limitations on duties to be assigned to members statutorily transferred

(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) a transfer in accordance with the provisions of an amalgamation scheme under the Police Act 1964, or

(b) a transfer taking effect on 1st April 1974,

except that where the former force was a 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 of police, or

(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 the expressions “present force” and “former force” mean, respectively, the force first mentioned and that secondly mentioned in paragraph (1).

Section 25 Work not required to be performed

A member of a police force shall not be required to perform—

(a) the regular duty of cleaning or any part of the cleaning of a particular police station which the Secretary of State has directed is not a duty which the police may be required to perform;

(b) any other work not connected with police duty which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, the police may not properly be required to perform.

Section 26 Normal daily period of duty

(1) This regulation shall apply to every member of a police force below the rank of superintendent who is not assigned to duties which the Secretary of State has specially excepted from the provisions of this regulation.

(2) The normal daily period of duty (including the period of refreshment referred to in paragraph (3)) of a member of a police force to whom this regulation applies shall be 8 hours.

(3) As far as the exigencies of duty permit—

(a) the normal daily period of duty shall be performed in one tour of duty; and

(b) subject to paragraph 4 of Schedule 3, an interval of 45 minutes shall be allowed for refreshment.

(4) Where a member is required to perform his normal daily period of duty 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.

(5) In this Part of these Regulations, the expression “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.

(6) In discharging his functions under paragraph (5), the chief officer shall have regard to the wishes of the joint branch board.

Section 27 Rostering of duties

(1) A chief officer shall cause to be published, in accordance with this regulation, annual duty rosters for members of his force below the rank of superintendent and in these Regulations—

(a) 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

(b) a day off granted in lieu of a rostered rest day shall be treated as a rostered rest day.

(2) Each such roster shall be published at intervals not exceeding 12 months and not later than one month before the date on which it is to come into force.

(3) Each such roster shall set out, for the 12 months following the date on which it comes into force, in relation to each member of the force to which it relates—

(a) his rest days;

(b) those days, being public holidays, on which he may be required to do duty; and

(c) the times at which his scheduled daily periods of duty are to begin and end.

(4) Subject to paragraph (5), a duty roster shall make provision for—

(a) an interval of not less than 8 hours between the ending of each of a member’s daily periods of duty and the beginning of the next; and

(b) an interval between each of his rostered rest days not exceeding 7 days;

unless the joint branch board agrees otherwise.

(5) 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 such that the condition in paragraph (4)(a) would not be satisfied in relation thereto.

Section 28 Overtime

(1) Subject to, and in accordance with, the provisions of this regulation a member of a police force shall be compensated in respect of time for which he remains on duty after his tour of duty ends or is recalled between two tours of duty (hereafter in these Regulations referred to as “overtime”).

(2) Such a member shall not be compensated under this regulation for overtime for which he receives an allowance or time off under regulation 29 or 67.

(3) A member of a police force to whom regulation 26 applies shall, subject to paragraph (6), 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.

(4) Where such a member, 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 (5), and in accordance therewith receives time off in respect of any overtime, no allowance in respect thereof shall be payable under paragraph (3).

(5) Subject to the exigencies of duty, where by virtue of an election under the foregoing paragraphs time off falls to be granted to a member 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 (6), 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.

(6) For the purposes of paragraphs (3) and (5), 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 that he would be required to remain on duty after his tour ended.

(7) In computing any period of overtime for the purposes of this regulation—

(a) where the member is engaged in casual escort duty, account shall be taken only of—

(i) time during which he is in charge of the person under escort,

(ii) 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

(iii) any other time that may be allowed by the chief officer of police, so however that, if the member is so engaged overnight and has proper sleeping accommodation, whether in a train or otherwise, the chief officer of police 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;

(b) 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; and

(c) where a member is recalled to duty between two rostered tours of duty 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 by virtue of regulation 31 (travelling time treated as duty), he shall be deemed to have worked for such period 4 hours overtime in addition to any overtime reckonable by virtue of regulation 31.

(8) For the purposes of this regulation the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—

“a day’s pay” means the member’s pay for the week in question divided by 5; “member recalled to duty” does not include a member who is only warned to be in readiness for duty if required;

“pay period” means the period for which, in pursuance of regulation 46, a member is paid;

“week” means the period of 7 days beginning with such day as is fixed by the chief officer of police.

Section 29 Public holidays and rest days for lower ranks

(1) This regulation shall apply to every member of a police force below the rank of superintendent.

(2) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a member 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 respect of each week.

(3) A member shall, if required to do duty on a day which is a rostered rest day, be granted—

(a) where he receives less than 8 days' notice of the requirement, an allowance at the appropriate rate and, in addition, another rest day in lieu thereof, which shall be notified to him within 4 days of notification of the requirement;

(b) where he receives at least 8 but less than 29 days' notice of the requirement, an allowance at the appropriate rate;

(c) in any other case, another rest day in lieu thereof, which shall be notified to him within 4 days of notification of the requirement.

(4) A member shall, if required to do duty on a day which is a public holiday, be granted—

(a) where he receives less than 8 days' notice of the requirement—

(i) an allowance at the appropriate rate and, in addition,

(ii) 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 purposes of this regulation as a public holiday;

(b) in any other case, an allowance at the appropriate rate.

(5) A member 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 paragraph (3)( a ) or ( b ) or paragraph (4) (a) or (b) , time off equal—

(a) in the case of a day which is a public holiday, to double, and

(b) in the case of a rostered rest day, to one and a half times,

the period of completed quarters of an hour of duty on the day in question.

(6) Where such a member who is required to do duty on a day which is a public holiday or a rostered rest day has elected to receive time off as mentioned in paragraph (5), the chief officer of police 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 paragraph (3) (a) or (b) or, as the case may be, paragraph (4) (a) or (b) .

(7) Subject to paragraph (8), for the purposes of this regulation—

(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” means a sixteenth of a day’s pay for each completed 15 minutes of duty done on a public holiday, and three sixty-fourths of a day’s pay for each such period of duty done on a rostered rest day;

(d) 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 within the meaning of regulation 26(5) commencing at any time on the calendar date of the public holiday in question;

(e) in paragraph (2) the expression “week” means a period of 7 days beginning with such day as is fixed by the chief officer of police;

(f) a period of less than 4 completed hours of duty on a day which is a public holiday or on a rostered rest day shall be treated as though it were a period of 4 completed hours of duty; and

(g) where a member is required to do duty on a day which is a public holiday or on a rostered rest day, his period of duty shall include (save for the purposes of sub-paragraph (f)) 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 of police, 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 31.

(8) Where it is at his own request that a member works on a day which is a public holiday or a rostered rest day he shall not be treated for the purposes of this regulation 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 or a rostered rest day as the case may be.

Section 30 Public holidays and monthly leave days for higher ranks

(1) This regulation shall apply to every member of a police force of, or above, the rank of superintendent.

(2) Such a member 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—

(a) in the case of a superintendent, 8 monthly leave days;

(b) in any other case, 1½ monthly leave days.

(3) Such a member who is required to do duty on a public holiday shall be granted a day’s leave in lieu of each such day unless the exigencies of duty do not permit such grant within 12 months in the case of a superintendent or 3 months in any other case.

(4) Where the exigencies of duty have precluded the grant to a superintendent, in any month, of 8 monthly leave days, then, during the next following twelve months he shall, so far as the exigencies of duty permit, be granted the number of days not granted as additional monthly leave days.

(5) For the purposes of this regulation the expression “month” means that period of 28 days beginning with such day as is fixed by the chief officer of police.

Section 31 Travelling time treated as duty

(1) This regulation shall apply where a member of a police force is—

(a) required to perform his normal daily period of duty in more than one tour of duty, or

(b) 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 regulation referred to as “relevant travelling”).

(2) In computing any period of overtime for the purposes of regulation 28 or any period of duty for the purposes of regulation 29 (save for the purposes of paragraph 7(f) thereof) 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.

(3) For the purposes of regulation 60, the use of a motor vehicle for relevant travelling shall be treated as such use for the purpose of duties performed by the member concerned.

(4) 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, 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.

Section 32 Meetings of Police Federation treated as police duty

(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 of police, 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.

Section 33 Annual leave

(1) Every member of a police force shall, so far as the exigencies of duty permit, be granted annual leave in accordance with Schedule 3.

(2) The annual leave of a member of a police force shall be additional to the days upon which he is not required to perform police duties in accordance with—

(a) regulation 29, in the case of a member below the rank of superintendent, or

(b) regulation 30, in the case of a member of, or above, the rank of superintendent;

and a member below the rank of superintendent shall, so far as the exigencies of duty permit, be allowed to take his annual leave in one period continuous with such days as aforesaid falling within the period in which he desires to take annual leave.

Section 34 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—

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;

if, notwithstanding such certificate of unfitness for duty, a registered medical practitioner appointed or approved by the police authority has examined the member and certified him to be fit for duty he shall no longer be entitled to be absent from duty.

(2) This regulation shall apply 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.

Section 35 Maternity leave

(1) During the maternity period a woman member of a police force shall not be entitled to any sick leave in respect of any injury, illness or incapacity for duty which is solely or mainly due to pregnancy or childbirth or their after effects but shall be entitled to take maternity leave for the whole or any part or parts of the period.

(2) The maternity leave granted in respect of any particular maternity period shall be paid maternity leave, as respects 3 months thereof, and unpaid maternity leave, as respects the remainder:

Provided that a member shall not be entitled to more than 3 months' paid maternity leave during any period of 12 months or, in the case of a constable, to any paid maternity leave before the end of her period of probation in the force.

(3) In this regulation the maternity period means, in relation to a woman member of a police force who is certified by a registered medical practitioner approved by the police authority to be pregnant, the period beginning 6 months before the date which is estimated by the said medical practitioner as being the probable date of birth and ending 9 months after the birth of the child.

Section 36 University scholars

This Part of these Regulations shall have effect in relation to a university scholar subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of Schedule 4.

Section 37 Rate of pay

(1) The rate of pay of a member of a police force shall be in accordance with the appropriate scale mentioned in Schedule 5.

(2) Subject to regulations 41, 42 and 43, section 2(1) of the Police (Overseas Service) Act 1945 and section 43(1) of the Police Act 1964, in reckoning the service of a member of a police force in any rank for the purposes of any of the aforesaid scales 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:

Provided that in reckoning a member’s service in any rank—

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;

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;

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 38;

any period of unpaid leave shall be disregarded;

and, in the case of a member of a police force of a rank higher than that of inspector, this paragraph 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.

(3) Where a member of a combined police force has been a member of a police force for an area comprised in whole or in part in the combined area (hereafter in this paragraph referred to as “the former force”) and—

(a) he ceased to be a member of the former force and became a member of the combined force by reason only of the provisions of one or more amalgamation schemes under the Police Act 1964, and

(b) immediately before he ceased to be a member of the former force he held the rank of deputy chief constable,

then, notwithstanding anything in paragraph (1), his pay may be increased by such amount as may be approved by the Secretary of State.

(4) Nothing in this regulation shall affect the operation of any provisions of the Discipline Regulations and, in relation to a member of a police force suspended or fined thereunder, the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 6 or of paragraph 4 thereof shall have effect.

(5) Paragraph (1) and Schedule 5 shall have effect in relation to a university scholar subject to the provisions of paragraph 3 of Schedule 4.

Section 38 Temporary salary

(1) A member of a police force of the rank of superintendent who is required for a continuous period exceeding 7 days to perform duties normally performed by a member of the force of a higher rank than his own, otherwise (subject to paragraph (2)) 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 30, shall be paid in respect of that period, other than the first 7 days thereof, at a rate equal to the lowest rate of pay for that higher rank.

(2) Where any member of the force is absent for a continuous period comprising both—

(a) monthly or other leave days granted under regulation 30, and

(b) one or more annual leave days granted under regulation 33,

paragraph (1) shall have effect as if the entire continuous period of absence were a period of annual leave.

(3) A member of a police force below the rank of superintendent who, in any year, has been required to perform duties normally performed by a member of the force of a higher rank than his own for 14 complete days shall be paid in respect of each further complete day 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:

Provided that where a member is entitled to be paid under this paragraph and the higher rank is that of superintendent or above there shall be no entitlement to an allowance, or time off, under regulation 28 or 29 in respect of such duties; but where in such a case the member is required to do duty on a public holiday or rostered rest day, he shall be granted a day’s leave for each such day.

(4) For the purposes of this regulation the expression “year” means a period of 12 months beginning on 1st April.

(5) For the purposes of this regulation, the expression “day” means, in relation to a member of a police force below the rank of superintendent, his normal daily period of duty.

Section 39 London weighting

The annual pay of a member of the City of London or metropolitan police force shall be increased by £885, but any allowance under these Regulations calculated by reference to a member’s pay, shall be calculated as if this regulation had not been made.

Section 40 Reckoning of service in the Royal Ulster Constabulary

(1) Where a member of a police force joined or rejoined that force having left the Royal Ulster Constabulary, on or after 17th December 1969, for that purpose or on exercising the right of reversion conferred by section 2(1) of the Police Act 1969 then, for the purposes of regulation 37, his service in any rank in the Royal Ulster 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 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 the scale of pay for that rank, any period of service in the Royal Ulster Constabulary 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 Royal Ulster Constabulary designated by the Secretary of State for the purposes hereof as the rank corresponding to the rank in question.

Section 41 Reckoning by constables of service in certain constabularies

(1) A member of a police force of the rank of constable shall be entitled to reckon for the purposes of the scale 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 ;

(b) 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 .

Section 42 Reckoning of service in an airport constabulary

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 37, his service in any rank in that constabulary shall be treated as if it were service in the corresponding rank in a police force.

Section 43 Reckoning by constables of overseas police service

(1) A member of a police force of the rank of constable shall be entitled to reckon for the purposes of the scale 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, 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.

(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 Guernsey Law of 1919 entitled Loi Ayant Rapport a` la Police Salariée pour l'Ile Entie`re.

(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 (Isle of Man) Act 1962 (an Act of Tynwald).

Section 44 Deductions from pay of social security benefits and statutory sick pay

(1) There shall be deducted from the pay of a member of a police force—

(a) the amount of any sickness benefit, invalidity pension or invalidity allowance to which he is entitled under the Social Security Acts 1975—1982, and

(b) any statutory sick pay to which he is entitled under the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 ,

and for the purposes of sub-paragraph (a) above 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 policewoman who as a married woman or widow has elected to pay contributions under Part I of the Social Security Act 1975 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.

Section 45 Calculation of monthly, weekly and daily pay

(1) A month’s pay shall be calculated, for all purposes, at a monthly rate of pay determined by dividing by 12 the annual rate.

(2) A week’s pay shall be calculated, for all purposes, at a weekly rate of pay determined by dividing by 52⅙— the annual rate.

(3) A day’s pay shall be calculated, except for the purposes of regulations 28 and 29, at a daily rate determined by dividing by 7 the weekly rate, determined as aforesaid.

Section 46 Pay day

(1) Members of a police force shall be paid at such intervals as the police authority may fix and the police authority may fix different intervals for different classes of members.

(2) In fixing the interval for any class the police authority shall have regard to the wishes of the members of that class.

Section 47 Restriction on payment of allowances

(1) No allowances shall be paid to a member of a police force except as provided by 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.

(2) 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.

Section 48 Restriction on payments for private employment of police

Without prejudice to the generality of regulation 47, 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 or, in the case of a member of the metropolitan police force, the Receiver for the metropolitan police district for the member’s services shall not be entitled to any payment for those services except as provided by these Regulations; and any payments made in pursuance of that agreement shall be made by that person to the police authority or to the Receiver for the metropolitan police district, as the case may be.

Section 49 Rent allowance

(1) A member of a police force who is not provided with a house or quarters free of rent and rates shall be paid a rent allowance which shall be either a maximum limit allowance or a flat-rate allowance:

Provided that—

a member to whom regulation 50 applies who is so provided with quarters shall be paid a rent allowance in addition;

a member of a police force shall not be paid a rent allowance if he is on unpaid leave.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a maximum limit allowance—

(a) shall be paid to a member married to (but not separated from) a person who either—

(i) is not a member of a police force, or

(ii) is such a member but is on unpaid leave;

(b) shall be paid to an unmarried member, or a member separated from his spouse, who—

(i) has attained the age of 30 years,

(ii) has served for 5 years as a member of that or any other police force and

(iii) occupies as owner or tenant the accommodation in which he is living;

(c) may, if the police authority think fit, be paid to a member, not being a member to whom sub-paragraph (a) or (b) applies who—

(i) has a dependent relative living with him, or

(ii) is separated from, or has divorced or been divorced by, his spouse, or

(iii) is a widower or widow;

and in all other cases a flat-rate allowance shall be paid.

(3) A maximum limit allowance shall not be payable—

(a) to a member who lives in accommodation in respect of which he makes no payment (by way of rent, rates or otherwise), or

(b) to a member who shares with another member accommodation of which they are joint owners or tenants so, however, that this sub-paragraph shall not preclude the payment of a maximum limit allowance by virtue of sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (2)(a).

(4)

(a) A maximum limit allowance payable to a member shall not be less than a half of, nor more than, the maximum limit for his rank but, subject as aforesaid shall be the aggregate of the amount paid in rates and the amount of any rate rebate granted to him together with—

(i) where the member owns the house he occupies, the amount which in the opinion of the District Valuer would be paid in rent therefor if the house were let unfurnished,

(ii) where the member is living in unfurnished accommodation, the amount paid in rent therefor, or

(iii) subject to sub-paragraph (a)(i), where the member is living in furnished accommodation, an amount which in the opinion of the police authority would have been paid in rent therefor had the accommodation been unfurnished:

Provided that where part of the said house or part of the said accommodation is let to or occupied by a tenant or lodger, as the case may be, who is not a member of a police force, the police authority may make a deduction from the said aggregate in respect of such part.

The maximum limit shall be fixed by the police authority with the approval of the Secretary of State for each rank.

(5) A flat-rate allowance shall be an allowance equal to half the amount fixed as the maximum limit for members of the same rank.

(6) Except where the member’s spouse or former spouse is a member of a police force, a married member who is separated from his spouse or a member who is divorced, or been divorced by, his spouse, may, if he regularly makes periodic payments to or for the benefit of his spouse or former spouse, be granted—

(a) where he is in receipt of a rent allowance under paragraph (1), an addition to that rent allowance, or

(b) where he is provided with a house or quarters free of rent and rates, a rent allowance,

equal to whichever is the lesser of the two following amounts, namely, the amount by which his former allowance exceeds his present allowance or the amount paid by him to or for the benefit of his spouse or former spouse.

(7) In this regulation—

(a) the expression “his former allowance” means—

(i) in relation to a member who, immediately before his spouse commenced to live apart from him, was being provided with a house or quarters free of rent and rates, a sum fixed as the value for the time being of that house or those quarters;

(ii) in relation to any other member, the maximum limit allowance which would for the time being be payable to him if he were still entitled to such an allowance and the aggregate referred to in paragraph (4)(a) were unchanged since immediately before his spouse commenced to live apart from him;

(b) the expression “his present allowance” means the rent allowance which is being paid to the member under paragraph (1) or, as the case may be, a sum fixed as the value for the time being of the house or quarters with which he is provided;

(c) the expression “rates” includes—

(i) any general rate within the meaning of the General Rate Act 1967 and in addition any rate mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of the definition of “excepted rate” in section 115(1) of that Act (drainage, tithe, common and other rates of a similar character),

(ii) any rate or charge for a supply of water for domestic purposes, and

(iii) the reasonable costs of emptying a cess-pit where the premises do not have main drainage;

(d) the expression “rate rebate” means a rate rebate granted under a statutory or local rate rebate scheme within the meaning of section 22 of the Local Government Act 1974 ;

(e) a reference to the provision of a house or quarters free of rent and rates is a reference to such provision by a police authority.

Section 50 Supplementary rent allowance

(1) This regulation shall apply to—

(a) a member of a police force who—

(i) is a widower or widow with a child or children or is married,

(ii) is not living with his family, and

(iii) satisfies the chief officer of police that the only reason why he is not so living is that he is unable to find suitable accommodation for his family at a reasonable cost within a reasonable distance of his place of duty;

(b) a member of a police force, other than such a member as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), who is temporarily assigned to duties which, in the opinion of the chief officer of police, require him to live otherwise than in his former accommodation,

except that this regulation shall not apply to such a member as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) for a continuous period exceeding 30 months unless the police authority, in the circumstances of the case, so determine, or in respect of any period for which he has not retained, or has let or sub-let, his former accommodation.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 49, the rent allowance to be paid to a member to whom this regulation applies shall be that which would be payable under the said regulation 49—

(a) in the case of such a member as is mentioned in paragraph (1)(a), if he were a member of the force of the police area in which his family are for the time being living and he were living with his family;

(b) in the case of such a member as is mentioned in paragraph (1)(b), if he had not been assigned to such duties as are there mentioned and had continued to occupy his former accommodation.

(3) A member to whom this regulation applies shall be paid a supplementary rent allowance—

(a) if he is living in quarters provided free of rent and rates, at the weekly rate of £8.33;

(b) if he is not so living, at the weekly rate £8.33 higher than that of a flat-rate allowance payable under regulation 49 to a member of the force of the police area in which he is for the time being serving.

(4) A supplementary rent allowance payable under paragraph (3) may be reduced or withdrawn by the police authority in respect of any period consisting of one or more complete weeks throughout which the member in question is absent from his usual or temporary normal place of duty and is either—

(a) on leave of absence; or

(b) provided with board and lodging free of charge or an allowance in lieu.