3.—(1) For regulation 39(1) of the principal Regulations (rate of pay) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs:
“(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Part, the pay of members of police forces shall be determined by the Secretary of State.
(1A) Before making any determination under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State 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 Police Act 1996 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.
(1B) A determination under paragraph (1) 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 payable to any person to be reduced retrospectively.”.
(2) In paragraph (5) of regulation 39, the words “and Schedule 6” shall be omitted.