The Police (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1989

Made22nd September 1989

Laid before Parliament2nd October 1989

Coming into force1st November 1989

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 33 of the Police Act 19641, and after taking into consideration the recommendations made by the Police Negotiating Board for the United Kingdom and furnishing the said Board with a draft of the Regulations in accordance with section 2(1) of the Police Negotiating Board Act 19802, I hereby make the following Regulations:

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Police (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1989.

2

These Regulations shall come into force on 1st November 1989 and shall have effect for all the purposes of regulation 3 as from 1st September 1989.

3

1

The Police Regulations 19873 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

2

In regulation 28 (overtime)–

a

in paragraph (1) there shall be inserted after the words “two tours of duty” the words “or which forms part of a tour of duty which he is required to begin earlier than the rostered time without due notice and on a day when he has already completed his normal daily period of duty”;

b

in paragraph (7)–

i

there shall be inserted at the beginning of sub-paragraph (b) the words “subject to sub-paragraph (d),”,

ii

the word “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (b) shall be omitted, and

iii

there shall be inserted at the end of sub-paragraph (c) the following provision–

; and
d
where the time at which a member is required to begin a rostered tour of duty is brought forward without due notice and so that he is required to begin that tour on a day on which he has already completed his normal daily period of duty, the time for which he is on duty before the rostered commencement time–
i
shall be reckonable as overtime, and
ii
shall be taken into account as part of that tour of duty.

c

in paragraph (8) there shall be inserted after the definition of “a day’s pay” the following provision–

“due notice” means notice given at least 8 hours before the revised starting time of the rostered tour of duty in question;

3

In regulation 57 (detective duty and detective expenses allowances)–

a

there shall be inserted after paragraph (2) the following paragraph–

2A
Such a member of the rank of superintendent shall be paid in addition a detective expenses allowance at the rate of £5 a week; and shall not be eligible for the reimbursement of expenses incurred in the execution of his duty in respect of any individual item of expenditure of £1.25p or less.

b

in paragraph (3) there shall be substituted for the words “£1 a week” the words “£3 a week; and shall not be eligible for the reimbursement of expenses incurred in the execution of his duty in respect of any individual item of expenditure of 75 pence or less”.

4

In Schedule 5 (scales of pay)–

a

for tables A and B there shall be substituted respectively the tables set out in the Appendix to these Regulations;

b

in paragraph 2(2) the words “on or before 31st August 1988” shall be omitted; and

c

sub-paragraphs (2A) and (2B) of paragraph 2 shall be omitted.

5

In paragraph 1 of Schedule 11 (dog handler’s allowance) for the words “£663” in sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the words “£723” and for the words “£903” in sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the words “£987”.

Douglas HurdOne of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of StateHome Office22nd September 1989

APPENDIXTABLES SUBSTITUTED FOR TABLES IN SCHEDULE 5 TO THE POLICE REGULATIONS 1987 WITH EFFECT FROM 1ST SEPTEMBER 1989.

Table A

Rank	Service in Rank	Annual pay
London	Provinces
		£	£
Chief Superintendent	Less than 1 yearAfter 1 yearAfter 2 yearsAfter 3 years	31,13131,57532,28333,054	31,13131,57532,28333,054
Superintendent	Less than 1 yearAfter 1 yearAfter 2 yearsAfter 3 years	28,71329,27729,83530,405	27,99928,71329,42430,405
Chief Inspector	Less than 1 yearAfter 1 yearAfter 2 yearsAfter 3 yearsAfter 4 years	21,57022,10122,66823,27423,877	20,58321,15921,73522,31422,896
Inspector	Less than 1 yearAfter 1 yearAfter 2 yearsAfter 3 yearsAfter 4 years	19,10419,63520,33120,95521,570	18,12918,69619,42820,00420,583
Sergeant	Less than 1 yearAfter 1 yearAfter 2 yearsAfter 3 yearsAfter 4 years	15,80416,52117,10317,67018,129	15,80416,52117,10317,67018,129

Table BAnnual pay of constables

Reckonable service	Annual pay
	£
Before completing 1 year of service	9,900
After 1 year of service	10,587
After 2 years of service	12,462
After 3 years of service	12,756
After 4 years of service	13,179
After 5 years of service	13,632
After 6 years of service	14,067
After 7 years of service	14,502
After 8 years of service	14,931
After 12 years of service	15,804
After 15 years of service	16,521

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Police Regulations 1987, with effect from 1st September 1989 (retrospection is authorised by section 33(4) of the Police Act 1964). Regulation 3(2) provides for the payment of overtime in specified circumstances where the beginning of an officer’s tour of duty is brought forward. Regulation 3(3) makes provision for a detective expenses allowance for officers of the rank of superintendent and precludes the separate reimbursement of small items of expenditure to all officers in receipt of such an allowance. Regulation 3(4) increases pay and regulation 3(5) increases the dog handler’s allowance.