Rent allowance
6. In regulation 42 of the principal Regulations (rent allowance) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs:—
“(4A) This paragraph shall apply to a constable to whom there was payable on 31st March 1989 a maximum limit allowance which has been reduced with effect from 1st April 1989 solely by reason of the coming into force of the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987(1).
(4B) A constable to whom paragraph (4A) applies shall be entitled for the relevant period to be paid a maximum limit allowance equal to that payable to him on 31st March 1989.
(4C) In relation to a constable to whom paragraph (4A) applies the relevant period mentioned in paragraph (4B) shall—
(a)begin on 1st April 1989; and
(b)end on the day prior to the date on which the maximum limit allowance payable to him falls to be discontinued, reduced or increased in terms of—
(i)this regulation; or
(ii)any agreement in force on 31st March 1989 approved by the Secretary of State,
whichever is the sooner,
and “relevant period” shall be construed accordingly.”.