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The Police Regulations 1987

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation and operation

    2. 2.Revocations

    3. 3.References to transfers

    4. 4.References to provisions of these Regulations

    5. 5.Meanings assigned to certain expressions, etc.

    6. 6.Modification of Regulations in relation to metropolitan police force

  3. PART II GOVERNMENT

    1. ORGANISATION

      1. 7.Authorised establishment

      2. 8.Ranks

      3. 9.Beats, sections, sub-divisions and divisions

      4. 10.Restrictions on the private life of members

      5. 11.Business interests incompatible with membership of a police force

    2. APPOINTMENT, PROBATION AND RETIREMENT

      1. 12.Business interests precluding appointment to a police force

      2. 13.Qualifications for appointment to a police force

      3. 14.Appointment of chief constable

      4. 15.Appointment of deputy chief constable

      5. 16.Probationary service in the rank of constable

      6. 17.Discharge of probationer

      7. 18.Retirement

    3. PERSONAL RECORDS

      1. 19.Contents of personal records

      2. 20.Transfer of personal records

      3. 21.Personal record of member leaving force

      4. 22.Fingerprints

  4. PART III DUTY, OVERTIME AND LEAVE

    1. 23.Duty to carry out lawful orders

    2. 24.Limitations on duties to be assigned to members statutorily transferred

    3. 25.Work not required to be performed

    4. 26.Normal daily period of duty

    5. 27.Rostering of duties

    6. 28.Overtime

    7. 29.Public holidays and rest days for lower ranks

    8. 30.Public holidays and monthly leave days for higher ranks

    9. 31.Travelling time treated as duty

    10. 32.Meetings of Police Federation treated as police duty

    11. 33.Annual leave

    12. 34.Sick leave

    13. 35.Maternity leave

    14. 36.University scholars

  5. PART IV PAY

    1. 37.Rate of pay

    2. 38.Temporary salary

    3. 39.London weighting

    4. 40.Reckoning of service in the Royal Ulster Constabulary

    5. 41.Reckoning by constables of service in certain constabularies

    6. 42.Reckoning of service in an airport constabulary

    7. 43.Reckoning by constables of overseas police service

    8. 44.Deductions from pay of social security benefits and statutory sick pay

    9. 45.Calculation of monthly, weekly and daily pay

    10. 46.Pay day

  6. PART V ALLOWANCES AND OTHER EMOLUMENTS

    1. 47.Restriction on payment of allowances

    2. 48.Restriction on payments for private employment of police

    3. 49.Rent allowance

    4. 50.Supplementary rent allowance

    5. 51.Application of regulations 49 and 50 to members of regional crime squads and motorway patrol groups

    6. 52.Compensatory grant

    7. 53.Removal allowance

    8. 54.Uniform allowance

    9. 55.Women’s stocking allowance

    10. 56.Plain clothes allowances

    11. 57.Detective duty and detective expenses allowances

    12. 58.Subsistence, refreshment and lodging allowances

    13. 59.Advances to cover expenses when away on duty

    14. 60.Motor vehicle allowances

    15. 61.Bicycle allowance

    16. 62.Typewriter allowance

    17. 63.Dog handler’s allowance

    18. 64.Allowance in respect of medical charges

    19. 65.London allowance

    20. 66.Promotion examination allowances

    21. 67.Allowance for recurring escort duty, etc.

    22. 68.Continuance of allowances when member ill

    23. 69.Allowances in respect of periods of suspension

    24. 70.University scholars

    25. 71.Allowance under regulation 59 of the Police Regulations 1971

  7. PART VI HOUSING, UNIFORM AND EQUIPMENT

    1. 72.Provision of house or quarters

    2. 73.Issue of uniform and equipment

    3. 74.Re-issue of uniform and equipment

    4. 75.Ownership of uniform and equipment

    5. 76.Replacement of uniform and equipment

  8. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      REVOCATIONS

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      RESTRICTIONS ON THE PRIVATE LIFE OF MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCES

      1. 1.A member of a police force shall at all times...

      2. 2.A member of a police force shall not reside at...

      3. 3.(1) A member of a police force shall not, without...

      4. 4.A member of a police force shall not wilfully refuse...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      ANNUAL LEAVE

      1. 1.(1) Subject to regulation 33, and the provisions of this...

      2. 2.In the leave year in which a member of a...

      3. 3.(1) In the case of a member of a police...

      4. 4.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), days of annual leave granted...

      5. 5.(1) Where a member of a police force has been...

      6. 6.(1) For the purposes of this Schedule, the following expressions...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS

      1. 1.(1) In this Schedule a reference to a university scholar...

      2. 2.Regulations 26, 28 and 29 shall not apply to a...

      3. 3.(1) This paragraph shall apply to a university scholar, not...

      4. 4.(1) Where a university scholar moves his home and the...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      SCALES OF PAY

      1. 1.(1) The annual pay of a member holding a rank...

      2. 2.(1) The annual pay of a member holding the rank...

      3. 3.The scale of pay of a member holding a rank...

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      EFFECT OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION ON PAY AND ALLOWANCES

      1. 1.(1) Subject to paragraph 3, a member of a police...

      2. 2.Subject to paragraph 3, a member of a police force...

      3. 3.Where a member of a police force returns to duty...

      4. 4.Where a member of a police force is fined under...

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      SUBSISTENCE, REFRESHMENT AND LODGING ALLOWANCES

      1. 1.(1) Subject as hereafter in this Schedule provided, the amount...

      2. 2.If a lodging allowance is payable as well as a...

      3. 3.If the chief officer of police is satisfied in any...

      4. 4.If the chief officer of police is satisfied in any...

      5. 5.If in any particular case or class of cases the...

      6. 6.If a member of a police force below the rank...

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      MOTOR VEHICLE ALLOWANCES

      1. 1.For the purposes of regulation 60 and this Schedule the...

      2. 2.(1) Subject as hereinafter provided, the amount of a motor...

      3. 3.The amount of a motor vehicle allowance payable at the...

      4. 4.The amount of a motor vehicle allowance payable to a...

    9. SCHEDULE 9

      BICYCLE ALLOWANCE

      1. 1.The amount of a bicycle allowance shall be calculated by...

      2. 2.The allowance shall be payable quarterly or at such shorter...

    10. SCHEDULE 10

      TYPEWRITER ALLOWANCE

      1. 1.The amount of a typewriter allowance shall be calculated by...

      2. 2.The allowance shall be payable quarterly or at such shorter...

    11. SCHEDULE 11

      DOG HANDLER'S ALLOWANCE

      1. 1.Subject as hereinafter provided, a dog handler’s allowance shall be...

      2. 2.Where the member keeps and cares for at his home...

    12. SCHEDULE 12

      ISSUE OF UNIFORM AND EQUIPMENT

      1. 1.The uniform specified in the following Tables for men and...

      2. 2.Uniform or equipment issued by the police authority which is...

      3. 3.Clothing for particular duties such as mounted duty, cycling, driving...

      4. 4.Where, in the case of women members, stockings or tights...

      5. 5.Issues of equipment shall be made as circumstances require.

  10. Explanatory Note

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