Interpretation

3.—(1) In these Regulations any reference to the police force to which a police cadet is attached is a reference to the force with a view to becoming a member of which the cadet is undergoing training; and in relation to a police cadet any reference to the chief officer of police or the police authority is a reference to the chief officer of that force or, as the case may be, the authority maintaining that force.

(2) In these Regulations the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—

“British Isles” means the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland;

“guardian” includes, in relation to a police cadet, any person who is in loco parentis to the cadet;

“week” means a continuous period of 7 days.

(3) For the purposes of these Regulations—

(a) any reference in a Regulation to a paragraph is a reference to a paragraph of that Regulation, and

(b) any reference to a Schedule is a reference to a Schedule to these Regulations.