Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve (Full–time) (Appointment and Conditions of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations further amend the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve (Full-time) (Appointment and Conditions of Service) Regulations 1996.

Regulation 4A authorises the chief constable to make part-time appointments and applies the regulations to part-time appointees with the modifications set out in a new Schedule 12, the main ones of which are as follows. Part-time reserve constables (who must have completed full-time probation before appointment) may be required to serve a further period of probation (paragraphs 2 and 3). Part-time duty is to be performed in accordance with general arrangements made by the chief constable after consulting the Police Authority and the Police Association, an individual’s normal period of duty during a duty roster period being a number of hours determined with his agreement by the chief constable (paragraph 4). That number, divided by the hours that would be required of a full-time member, constitutes the “appropriate factor” (paragraph 1) to be used in calculating various entitlements. Examples of the use of the factor occur in paragraphs 7 (public holidays and rest days); 9 (annual leave); 14 (removal allowance); and 16, 17 and 18 (various other allowances). Regulation 30 is amended to scale down pay for part-time appointees.