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16.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Part and Part 7, the pay of constables must be determined by the Scottish Ministers, and in making such a determination the Scottish Ministers may—
(a)confer such functions in relation to the pay of constables above the rank of chief superintendent on the Authority;
(b)where the pay of a constable of the rank of chief superintendent or below is payable subject to such conditions as may be specified in the determination, confer on a constable senior in rank to that constable, or any individual employed by the Authority, such functions in relation to those conditions, as they think fit.
(2) Nothing in this regulation or regulation 31 affects the operation of any provisions of the Conduct Regulations, and in relation to a constable suspended or fined thereunder the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 2 or of paragraph 4 thereof have effect.