Royal Ulster Constabulary Regulations 1996
Part ICommencement and Operation
1Citation, operation and effect
2Meanings assigned to certain expressions, etc.
Part IIGovernment
3Authorised establishment
4Ranks
5Part-time appointments
6Restrictions on the private life of members
7Business interests incompatible with membership of the force
8Business interests precluding appointment to the force
9Qualifications for appointment to the force
10Fixed term appointments for certain ranks
11Requirement to advertise vacancies in certain ranks
12Probationary service in the rank of constable
13Discharge of probationer
14Retirement
15Contents of personal records
16Transfer of personal records
17Personal record of member leaving the force
18Fingerprints
Part IIIDuty, Overtime and Leave
19Duty to carry out lawful orders
20Normal daily period of duty
21Meaning of “day” in Part III
22Variable shift arrangements
23Rostering of duties
24Overtime
25Public holidays and rest days for ranks below inspector
26Public holidays and rest days for inspectors and chief inspectors
27Public holidays and monthly leave days for ranks above chief inspector
28Travelling time treated as duty
29Meetings of Police Association treated as police duty
30Annual leave
31Sick leave
32Leave for ante-natal care
33Maternity leave
34Paternity leave
35University scholars
Part IVPay
36Rate of pay
37Temporary salary
38Reckoning of service in a police force in Great Britain
39Reckoning by constables of service in certain constabularies
40Reckoning of service in an airport constabulary
41Reckoning by constables of overseas police service
42Pay during sick leave
43Pay during maternity leave
44Deductions from pay of social security benefits and statutory sick pay
45Calculation of monthly, weekly and daily pay
46Pay day
Part VAllowances and Other Emoluments
47Restriction on payment of allowances
48Restriction on payments for private employment of police
49Removal allowance
50Plain clothes allowance
51Detective expenses allowance
52Subsistence, refreshment and lodging allowances
53Advances to cover expenses when away on duty
54Motor vehicle allowances
55Dog handler’s allowance
56Allowance in respect of medical charges
57Allowance for recurring escort duty, etc.
58Continuance of allowances when member ill
59Allowances in respect of periods of suspension
60University scholars
61General
Part VIUniform and Equipment
62Issue of uniform and equipment
63Re-issue of uniform and equipment
64Ownership of uniform and equipment
65Replacement of uniform and equipment
Part VIIRevocations, Savings and Transitional Provisions
66Revocations and savings
67Transitional provisions
SCHEDULE 1Modification for part-time service
1In regulation 2 (meanings assigned to certain expressions, etc.) there...
2In regulation 12 (probationary service in the rank of constable)—...
3In regulation 13 (discharge of probationer)— (a) in paragraph (1)...
4In regulation 20 (normal daily period of duty) for paragraphs...
5In regulation 23 (rostering of duties)— (a) in paragraph (1)—...
6For regulation 24 (overtime) there shall be substituted the following...
7In regulation 25 (public holidays and rest days for ranks...
8In regulation 26 (public holidays and rest days for inspectors...
9In regulation 27 (public holidays and monthly leave days for...
10In regulation 28 (travelling time treated as duty)—
11In regulation 30 (annual leave)— (a) in paragraph (1) after...
12In regulation 31 (sick leave) after paragraph (2) there shall...
13In regulation 34 (paternity leave) after paragraph (3) there shall...
14In regulation 36 (rate of pay)— (a) for paragraph (1)...
15In regulation 37 (temporary salary)— (a) in paragraph (3)—
16In regulation 43 (pay during maternity leave) after paragraph (3)...
17In regulation 49 (removal allowance) after paragraph (5) there shall...
18In regulation 50 (plain clothes allowance) in paragraph (1)—
19In regulation 51 (detective expenses allowance)— (a) in paragraph (1)...
20In regulation 52 (subsistence, refreshment and lodging allowances) at the...
21In Schedule 5 (university scholars) in paragraph 3(2) for the...
22In Schedule 7 (effect of disciplinary action on pay and...
23In Schedule 9 (motor vehicle allowances) after paragraph 2(2) there...
24In Part II of Schedule 12 (revocations and savings) after...
SCHEDULE 2Restrictions on the private life of members
1A member shall at all times abstain from any activity...
2A member shall not reside at premises which are not...
3(1) A member shall not, without the previous consent of...
4A member shall not wilfully refuse or neglect to discharge...
SCHEDULE 3Modification for variable shift arrangements
1In regulation 20 (normal daily period of duty) there shall...
2In regulation 23 (rostering of duties)— (a) in paragraph (1)...
3In regulation 24 (overtime)— (a) in paragraph (1)—
4In regulation 25 (public holidays and rest days for ranks...
5In regulation 28 (travelling time treated as duty) for paragraph...
6In regulation 30 (annual leave) omit paragraph (1).
7In regulation 37 (temporary salary)— (a) in paragraph (6) for...
8In regulation 52 (subsistence, refreshment and lodging allowances) at the...
9In regulation 57 (allowance for recurring escort duty, etc.) for...
10Omit Schedule 4.
SCHEDULE 4Annual leave
1(1) Subject to regulation 30 and the provisions of this...
2In the leave year in which a member is appointed...
3In the case of a member below the rank of...
4(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), days of annual leave granted...
5(1) Where a member has been recalled to duty from...
6(1) For the purposes of this Schedule, the following expressions...
SCHEDULE 5University scholars
1(1) In this Schedule a reference to a university scholar...
2Regulations 20, 24 and 25 shall not apply to a...
3(1) This paragraph shall apply to a university scholar who...
4Where a university scholar moves his home and the removal...
SCHEDULE 6Determination of pay
1(1) This paragraph applies for the determination of the annual...
2(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (12), the annual pay...
SCHEDULE 7Effect of disciplinary action on pay and allowances
1(1) Subject to paragraph 3, a member suspended under the...
2Subject to paragraph 3, a member suspended under the Discipline...
3Where a member returns to duty when the period of...
4Where a member is fined under the Discipline Regulations, the...
SCHEDULE 8Subsistence, refreshment and lodging allowances
1(1) Subject as hereinafter in this Schedule provided, the amount...
2If a lodging allowance is payable as well as a...
3If the chief constable is satisfied in any particular case...
4If a member below the rank of superintendent is required...
SCHEDULE 9Motor vehicle allowances
1For the purposes of regulation 54 and of this Schedule...
2(1) Subject as hereinafter provided, the amount of a motor...
3The amount of a motor vehicle allowance payable at the...
4The amount of a motor vehicle allowance payable to a...
SCHEDULE 10Dog handler’s allowance
1Subject as hereinafter provided, a dog handler’s allowance shall be...
2Where the member keeps and cares for at his home...
SCHEDULE 11Issue of uniform and equipment
1The uniform specified in the following Tables, for men and...
2Uniform or equipment issued by the Police Authority which is...
3Clothing for particular or specialist duties shall be issued as...
4Issues of equipment shall be made as circumstances require.
SCHEDULE 12Revocations and savings
Part IRevocations
Part II
Savings
General Interpretation
1In this Part, any reference to the 1984 regulations is...
Housing Payments
2Interpretation
3Qualifying member previously provided with accommodation
4Qualifying member with housing emoluments
5Rejoining member previously provided with accommodation
6Rejoining member previously in receipt of housing payments
7Member provided with house or quarters
8Variation and termination of replacement allowances

1996 No. 473

POLICE

Royal Ulster Constabulary Regulations 1996

Made

To be laid before Parliament

Coming into operation

The Secretary of State, in pursuance of section 25 of the Police Act (Northern Ireland) 19701, read with section 18 of the Administrative and Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 19622, and after consulting, in accordance with section 34(2) of the said Act of 1970, the Police Authority and the Police Association and after taking into account the recommendations made by the Police Negotiating Board for the United Kingdom and supplying that Board with a draft of the regulations in accordance with section 62(1) of the Police Act 19963, hereby makes the following regulations:—