Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve (Part-Time) Regulations 2004

PART IV ALLOWANCES AND OTHER EMOLUMENTS

Restriction on payment of allowances

21.—(1) No allowances shall be paid to a member except as provided by these regulations or approved by the Secretary of State, and the amounts and conditions of payment of such allowances shall be as so provided or approved.

(2) Nothing in this regulation shall apply to the reimbursement of expenses incurred by a member in the execution of his duty, being expenses authorised either generally or specifically by the Board or the Chief Constable in respect of which no allowance is payable under these regulations.

Restriction on payments for private employment of police

22.  Without prejudice to the generality of regulation 21, a member who is engaged on duty at the request of any person who has agreed to pay the Chief Constable for the member’s services shall not be entitled to any payment for those services except as provided by the regulations applicable to him.

Advances to cover expenses when away on duty

23.  Where a member is required to do duty away from his usual place of duty he shall be given, if he so requests, an advance to cover, as far as practicable, any expenses which he will probably incur.

Motor vehicle allowances

24.—(1) Where the Chief Constable is of the opinion that the duties normally performed by a member are of such a nature that it is –

(a) essential, or

(b) desirable,

that the member in question should, at all material times, have a motor vehicle at his disposal, he may authorise that member to use (subject to his directions) a motor vehicle owned by the member for the purposes of duties performed by him and, subject as hereinafter provided, in respect of such use the member shall be paid a motor vehicle allowance.

(2) A motor vehicle allowance shall not be payable in respect of the authorised use of a motor vehicle unless there was in force, in relation thereto, a policy of insurance in terms approved by the Chief Constable, in relation to the use in question, for the purposes hereof.

(3) A motor vehicle allowance shall not be payable in respect of the authorised use of a motor car of a cylinder capacity exceeding 500 c.c. unless the member concerned was willing to carry passengers for the purposes of the duties performed by him or, in the case of passengers being members or members of any police force, by those members.

(4) A motor vehicle allowance in respect of the authorised use of a motor car of a cylinder capacity exceeding 500 c.c. shall, subject as aforesaid, be payable –

(a) where the Chief Constable is of the opinion mentioned in paragraph (1)(a), at the essential user’s rate;

(b) where the Chief Constable is of the opinion mentioned in paragraph (1)(b), at the casual user’s rate,

as provided in the Schedule.

(5) A motor vehicle allowance in respect of the authorised use of –

(a) a motor car of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 500 c.c., or

(b) a motor bicycle,

shall, subject as aforesaid, be payable on such conditions and at such rate as is approved by the Secretary of State.

(6) Paragraph 1 of the Schedule shall have effect for the purposes of the interpretation of this regulation.

Allowance in respect of medical charges

25.—(1) A member, if the charges are incurred by reason of an injury received without his default in the execution of his duty as a member, shall be reimbursed the normal standard charges incurred in his case 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 appliances and dental treatment).

(2) Where charges such as are mentioned in paragraph (1) are incurred by a member by reason of an injury received by him during a period of service as a police reserve trainee, the member-

(a) shall be reimbursed the charges if they are incurred as mentioned in paragraph (1) of regulation 7 of the Police Reserve Trainee Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004(2), and

(b) may be reimbursed the charges if they are incurred as mentioned in paragraph (2) of that regulation.

General

26.  A member claiming any allowance under this Part shall comply with such directions as may be given by the Board or the Chief Constable from time to time as to the time and manner of claiming and certification.

(1)

S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14) as modified by S.I. 1978/1907 (N.I. 26)

(2)

S.R. 2004 No. 2