
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Police (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1988.
2 
These Regulations shall come into force on 1st December 1988 and shall have effect for the purposes of regulation 3(a) as from 1st July 1987 and for the purposes of regulation 3(c) and (d) as from 1st September 1988.
3 
The Police Regulations 1987 shall be amended as follows:
(a) in regulation 39 (London weighting) for the words “by £945” there shall be substituted the words “in respect of the period from 1st July 1987 to 30th June 1988 by £1,017 and with effect from 1st July 1988 by £1,089”;
(b) in regulation 19(2) (contents of personal records) the words “, if the member so requests” shall be omitted and there shall be inserted at the end, but not as part of paragraph (ii) of the proviso, the words “but in the case of a period free from punishment other than a caution which expires before 1st January 1989 only if the member so requests”;
(c) in Schedule 5 (scales of pay) —
(i) for tables A and B there shall be substituted respectively the tables set out in the Appendix to these Regulations;
(ii) in paragraph 2(2) there shall be inserted after the word “force” the words “on or before 31st August 1988”; and
(iii) after paragraph 2(2) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraphs:“
(2A) In the case of a constable who first became a member of a police force after 31st August 1988 and after he had attained the age of 22 years, his annual pay during the period which ends on 31st August 1989 shall be £10,512 and during the remainder of the period before he completes 2 years of reckonable service shall be determined in accordance with Table B as if at all times during the latter period he had two years' reckonable service.
(2B) In the case of a constable who became a member of a police force after 31st August 1988 and before he had attained the age of 22 years, his annual pay during the period which ends on 31st August 1989 shall be £8,352.”;
(d) in paragraph 1 of Schedule 11 (dog handler’s allowance) for the words “£612” in sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the words “£663” and for the words “£831” in sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the words “£903”.
Douglas Hurd
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
24th October 1988
APPENDIX

Table A
  Annual Pay
Rank Service in Rank London Provinces
  £ £
Chief Superintendent Less than 1 year 28,494 28,494
After 1 year 28,902 28,902
After 2 years 29,550 29,550
After 3 years 30,255 30,255
Superintendent Less than 1 year 26,283 25,629
After 1 year 26,799 26,283
After 2 years 27,309 26,934
After 3 years 27,831 27,831
Chief Inspector Less than 1 year 19,743 18,840
After 1 year 20,229 19,368
After 2 years 20,748 19,896
After 3 years 21,303 20,424
After 4 years 21,855 20,958
Inspector Less than 1 year 17,487 16,593
After 1 year 17,973 17,112
After 2 years 18,609 17,784
After 3 years 19,182 18,309
After 4 years 19,743 18,840
Sergeant Less than 1 year 14,466 14,466
After 1 year 15,123 15,123
After 2 years 15,654 15,654
After 3 years 16,173 16,173
After 4 years 16,593 16,593

Table B
Reckonable Service Annual Pay
 £
Before completing 1 year of service 9,063
After 1 year of service 9,690
After 2 years of service 11,406
After 3 years of service 11,676
After 4 years of service 12,063
After 5 years of service 12,477
After 6 years of service 12,876
After 7 years of service 13,275
After 8 years of service 13,688
After 12 years of service 14,466
After 15 years of service 15,123