Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve (Full-time) (Appointment and Conditions of Service) Regulations 1996

Dog handler’s allowance

43.—(1) Where a dog owned by the Police Authority is kept and cared for by a member at his home, the member shall be paid a dog handler’s allowance in respect of the care accorded to the dog on the member’s rest days and on public holidays.

(2) A dog handler’s allowance shall be of an amount determined in accordance with Schedule 8.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation and of Schedule 8, a member shall be treated as keeping and caring for a dog at his home if he would be so doing but for his being on annual leave.