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<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2012/8/section/15/5/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2012/8/section/15/5" id="section-15-5">
<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>At the end of a period of temporary service outwith the Police Service, a constable—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2012/8/section/15/5/a/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2012/8/section/15/5/a" id="section-15-5-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>is entitled to revert to serve as a constable of the Police Service in the rank in which the constable was serving immediately before the period began, and</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2012/8/section/15/5/b/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2012/8/section/15/5/b" id="section-15-5-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>is to be treated as if the constable has served as a constable of the Police Service during the period of temporary service for the purposes of any scale prescribed by virtue of regulations made under section 48 fixing the constable’s rate of pay by reference to length of service.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2012/8/section/15/6/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2012/8/section/15/6" id="section-15-6">
<Pnumber>6</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
Subsection (5) does not apply where a pension, allowance or gratuity becomes payable to the constable during the period of temporary service by virtue of regulations made under the Police Pensions Act
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1976/35" id="c00004" Year="1976" Number="0035" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct">1976 (c.35)</Citation>
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</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2012/8/section/15/7/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2012/8/section/15/7" id="section-15-7">
<Pnumber>7</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>A constable may, during any period of temporary service, be promoted to a higher rank and in such a case—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2012/8/section/15/7/a/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2012/8/section/15/7/a" id="section-15-7-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the reference in subsection (5)(a) to the rank in which the constable was serving immediately before the period began is to be construed as a reference to the rank to which the constable is promoted, and</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2012/8/section/15/7/b/enacted" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2012/8/section/15/7/b" id="section-15-7-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the constable is, for the purposes of subsection (5)(b), to be treated as having served in that rank from the time of promotion.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
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