The Police (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2003

Amendment of regulation 47 of the principal Regulations

6.  In regulation 47 of the principal Regulations (removal allowance)(1)–

(a) for paragraph (3) there is substituted–

“(3) Where the cost of removal is reimbursed or the removal is carried out by the police authority under paragraph (1) or (2), the police authority shall reimburse–

(a) an item of expenditure incidental to the move and not otherwise specified in this regulation if the constable can satisfy the police authority of the necessity of the expenditure; and

(b) where the constable satisfies the police authority that, in consequence of the move, he has failed to benefit, in whole or in part, from expenditure reasonably incurred by him prior to the move (other than such payments as are referred to in paragraph (1)(d)), the whole or the proportionate part of that expenditure so far as it is not recoverable by him.”;

(b) paragraphs (4) to (7) are omitted; and

(c) after paragraph (8)(b) there is inserted–

“(c) to qualify for reimbursement, an item of removal expenditure must be necessary, reasonable and backed by a receipt,”.

(1)

Regulation 47 was relevantly amended by S.I. 1976/1433, 1980/1050, 1983/317, 1992/1432 and 3170, 1993/3081, 1994/2095, 1995/596 and 2031.