18.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) the police authority shall keep a police cadet supplied with such uniform and equipment as are requisite in his case and shall provide for the dry cleaning of uniform and the repair of footwear.
(2) Where a police authority supplies a police cadet with footwear for the purposes of normal duty they shall supply 2 pairs of boots or shoes annually but, in lieu of supplying and providing for the repair of such footwear, they may pay a cadet an allowance at the rate of £0.35 a week.
(3) Where, in the case of a woman, a police authority supplies a police cadet with stockings or tights for the purposes of duty they shall supply 24 pairs annually but, in lieu of supplying such pairs, they may pay a cadet an allowance at the rate of £12 a year.
(4) The police authority may charge a police cadet for uniform or equipment lost or damaged otherwise than as a result of fair wear and tear but, subject as aforesaid, shall make no charge for anything supplied, cleaned or repaired under this Regulation.
(5) Any article of uniform or equipment supplied under this Regulation shall remain the property of the police authority and shall be handed back by the police cadet to that authority—
(a)on his being required so to do;
(b)on his ceasing to serve as a police cadet, or
(c)on the replacement of the article in question,
unless, with the consent of the police authority, the cadet buys the article in question at a price fixed by the police authority.
(6) Uniform and equipment handed back to the police authority shall not be reissued to another police cadet until it has received any necessary cleaning or renovation and is in a serviceable condition.