Police Trainee Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Allowance in respect of medical charges

25.—(1) A police trainee who incurs normal standard charges under Articles 5, 61, 62, 63 and 98 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972(1) (which Articles relate to charges for certain drugs, medicines and appliances and for dental treatment)—

(a) shall be reimbursed the charges if they are incurred by reason of an injury received without his default during training; and

(b) may be reimbursed the charges if they are incurred by reason of an injury which, in the opinion of the Chief Constable—

(i) would not have been received had he not been known to be a police trainee, or

(ii) is an injury to which paragraph (i) may apply, and should be treated as one to which paragraph (ii) does apply.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—

(a) “injury” includes any injury or disease, whether of body or mind; and

(b) an injury shall be treated as received without the default of the police trainee concerned unless the injury is wholly or mainly due to his own serious and culpable negligence or misconduct.

(1)

S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14)