Royal Ulster Constabulary Regulations 1996

Pay during maternity leave

43.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a female member who satisfies the conditions in paragraph (2) is entitled to be paid as respects the first three months of any period or periods of maternity leave in any one maternity period (as defined by regulation 33) taken in accordance with regulation 33, but is not entitled to be paid thereafter.

(2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that—

(a) at the beginning of the week in which the expected date of birth (as defined in regulation 33(1)) occurs, the female member will have served continuously for a period of not less than sixty-three weeks in the force or in a police force in Great Britain; and

(b) on the date (“the relevant date”) fifteen weeks before the expected date of birth (as so defined) she either—

(i) remains pregnant, or

(ii) has given birth prematurely to a baby who is alive on the relevant date.

(3) In this regulation “week” means a period of seven days beginning with Sunday.