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These Regulations may be cited as the Police (Amendment) Regulations 1991.
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These Regulations shall come into force on 1st December 1991 and shall have effect for the purposes of regulation 3(5) as from 1st July 1990 and for the purposes of regulation 3(7) and (8) as from 1st September 1991.
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(1) The Police Regulations 1987 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 11(2) (business interests incompatible with membership of a police force) there shall be inserted after the word “and” the words “, within 28 days of the receipt of that notice,”.
(3) There shall be substituted for regulation 11(4) the following paragraph–“
(4) Upon receipt of such notice, the police authority shall forthwith require the chief officer of police to submit to them, within the next following 10 days, a notice setting out the reasons for his decision and copies of any documents on which he relies in support of that decision; and the police authority shall send to the member concerned copies of such notice and documents and shall afford him a reasonable opportunity, being in no case less than 14 days, to comment thereon.”
(4) In regulation 11(5) there shall be inserted after the word “shall” in the first place where it occurs the words “, within 28 days of receiving his comments on the notice and any other documents submitted by the chief officer of police under paragraph (4), or of the expiration of the period afforded for making comments if none have by then been received.”.
(5) In regulation 39 (London weighting) and in paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 4 (university scholars' supplementary pay) for the words “£1,170” there shall be substituted the words “£1,269”.
(6) There shall be substituted for regulation 64 the following regulation–“
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(1) A member of a police force, other than one such as is mentioned in paragraph (2), shall be reimbursed any charges incurred in his case under section 77, 78 or 79 of the National Health Service Act 1977 (which sections relate to charges for certain drugs, medicines and appliances and for dental treatment).
(2) A member of a police force who first became a constable on or after 1991, shall be reimbursed any such charges if they are incurred by reason of an injury received without the default of the member concerned in the execution of his duty as a constable, but not otherwise.
(3) For the purposes of the preceding paragraph, the terms “injury” and “injury received in the execution of duty” have the same meanings as they have in the Police Pensions Regulations.”
(7) In Schedule 5 (scales of pay) for tables A and B there shall be substituted respectively the tables set out in the Appendix to these Regulations.
(8) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 11 (dog handler’s allowance) for the words “£792” in sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the words “£858” and for the words “£1,083” in sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the words “£1,176”.
Kenneth Baker
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
31st October 1991

APPENDIX

Table A
 Annual Pay
Rank Service in Rank London Provinces
  £ £
Chief Superintendent Less than 1 year 37,071 37,071
 After 1 year 37,599 37,599
 After 2 years 38,442 38,442
 After 3 years 39,360 39,360
Superintendent Less than 1 year 34,191 33,342
 After 1 year 34,863 34,191
 After 2 years 35,529 35,037
 After 3 years 36,204 36,204
Chief Inspector Less than 1 year 25,686 24,510
 After 1 year 26,316 25,197
 After 2 years 26,994 25,881
 After 3 years 27,714 26,571
 After 4 years 28,431 27,264
Inspector Less than 1 year 22,749 21,588
 After 1 year 23,382 22,263
 After 2 years 24,210 23,133
 After 3 years 24,954 23,820
 After 4 years 25,686 24,510
Sergeant Less than 1 year 18,819 18,819
 After 1 year 19,674 19,674
 After 2 years 20,367 20,367
 After 3 years 21,039 21,039
 After 4 years 21,588 21,588

TABLE B
Reckonable Service Annual Pay
 £
Before completing 1 year of service 11,790
After 1 year of service 12,606
After 2 years of service 14,841
After 3 years of service 15,192
After 4 years of service 15,693
After 5 years of service 16,233
After 6 years of service 16,749
After 7 years of service 17,268
After 8 years of service 17,778
After 12 years of service 18,819
After 15 years of service 19,674