PART 7RECKONING OF SERVICE

Reckoning by constables of overseas police service32.

(1)

A constable of the Police Service of the rank of constable is entitled to reckon for the purposes of pay for that rank any period of certified overseas police service such as is mentioned in paragraph (2).

(2)

The reference in paragraph (1) to certified overseas police service is a reference to—

(a)

continuous service as a member of a police force in any territory or country outside the United Kingdom, being a colony, protectorate or protected state within the meaning of the British Nationality Act 194831, a dependent territory within the meaning of the British Nationality Act 198132 or, where appropriate, the territory or country wherein the colony, protectorate or protected state or dependent territory was incorporated after the inception of the service, subject to it having been certified by or on behalf of the Secretary of State that—

(i)

the service was, at its inception, pensionable; and

(ii)

in the Secretary of State’s opinion the individual concerned ceased so to serve for reasons connected with constitutional developments in the territory or country in question; or

(b)

continuous service for 6 years or more as a member of a police force outside the United Kingdom, subject to it having been certified by or on behalf of the Secretary of State that—

(i)

the individual concerned so served under a contract of service;

(ii)

immediately before the individual ceased so to serve, the individual concerned was, for the purposes of section 12 of the Overseas Development Act 198033, an individual designated in accordance with such an agreement as is therein mentioned; and

(iii)

in the Secretary of State’s opinion the individual concerned ceased so to serve for reasons connected with constitutional developments in the territory or country in question,

except that it does not include a reference to service pursuant to an appointment under section 10 of the Overseas Development and Co-operation Act 198034 or service pursuant to appointment made in connection with the provision by the Secretary of State of assistance under the International Development Act 200235 where that member has a right of reversion under section 15(5) of the 2012 Act.