PART 9DETERMINATIONS
Determinations
46.—(1) Before making a determination under any provision of these Regulations relating to the matters mentioned in section 61(1) of the Police Act 1996(1), the Scottish Ministers shall take into consideration any recommendation made by the Police Negotiating Board and shall supply the Board with a draft of the determination; and subsection (2) of section 62 of the said Police Act 1996 Act shall apply in relation to a recommendation to be made for the purposes of this paragraph as it applies in relation to a recommendation to be made for the purposes of subsection (1) of that section.
(2) Before making a determination under any provision of these Regulations relating to any other matter, the Scottish Ministers shall supply the Police Advisory Board for Scotland with a draft of the determination, and take into consideration any representations made by that Board.
(3) A determination under any provision of these Regulations for regulating pay and allowances may be made with retrospective effect to any date specified in the determination, but nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as authorising the pay or allowances payable to any person to be reduced retrospectively.
(4) A determination under any provision of these Regulations may make different provision for different cases and circumstances.