Royal Ulster Constabulary Regulations 1996

Rate of pay

36.—(1) Schedule 6 shall have effect for determining the pay of members.

(2) In Schedule 6 any reference to service in a rank shall include service in a corresponding rank held on 31st May 1970.

(3) Subject to regulations 38, 39, 40 and 41, in reckoning the service of a member in any rank for the purposes of pay, account shall be taken of all his service in that rank; and service in a higher rank, on temporary promotion thereto or otherwise, shall be treated as if it had been service in that rank.

(4) 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 determines 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 37;

(d) any period of unpaid leave shall be disregarded;

(e) any service performed pursuant to an appointment under regulation 5 (part-time appointments) shall be multiplied by the factor which was the appropriate factor within the meaning of regulation 2(4) or (5) as it applied to him by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1;

(f) in the case of a female member who has taken one or more periods of maternity leave—

(i) where that leave has been for fourteen weeks or more, account shall be taken of the first fourteen weeks whilst on maternity leave;

(ii) where that leave has been for less than fourteen weeks, account shall be taken of any period spent on maternity leave;

and, in the case of a member of a rank higher than that of chief inspector, paragraph (3) shall have effect subject to any contrary agreement so far as it relates to the reckoning of previous service in the force.

(5) Nothing in this regulation shall affect the operation of any provision of the Discipline Regulations and, in relation to a member suspended or fined thereunder, the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 7 or of paragraph 4 thereof shall have effect.

(6) Paragraph (1) and Schedule 6 shall have effect in relation to a university scholar subject to the provisions of paragraph 3 of Schedule 5.