Police Service of Northern Ireland Regulations 2002

Dog handler’s allowance

24.—(1) In Schedule 10 to the principal regulations (dog handler’s allowance), in paragraph 1—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for the words from “at the annual rate” to the end there shall be substituted “at the annual rate of £1,059”, and

(b) in sub-paragraph (b) for the words from “at the annual rate” to the end there shall be substituted “at the annual rate of £1,443”.

(2) For paragraph 1 of that Schedule there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“1.   Subject to paragraph 2, a dog handler’s allowance shall be payable at an annual rate of £1,554.”

(3) In paragraph 1 of that Schedule for “£1,554” there shall be substituted “£1,602”.

(4) For paragraph 2 of that Schedule there shall be substituted—

“2.— (1) Where the member keeps and cares for at his home more than one dog owned by the Board, there shall be added to the allowance an amount equal to 25 per cent of the sum specified in paragraph 1 for each such dog.

(2) In relation to any time before 4th November 2001, the reference to the Board in sub-paragraph (1) shall be construed as a reference to the Police Authority.”