Allowances and periodic paymentsS
21.—(1) The Scottish Ministers must determine the entitlement of special constables to any allowances and periodic payments.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), in making a determination under that paragraph, the Scottish Ministers must determine—
(a)the total amount of periods of duty which a special constable must serve within a given period, in order to receive a periodic payment;
(b)the amount of a periodic payment; and
(c)any conditions which may be placed on the payment of a periodic payment.
(3) With exception to paragraph (2), in making a determination under this regulation, the Scottish Ministers may confer such functions on the chief constable as they think fit in relation to—
(a)the calculation of any allowance; and
(b)any conditions which may be placed on the payment of an allowance which is specified in the determination.
(4) A special constable must not be paid an allowance or periodic payment except as provided by or under these Regulations or approved by the Scottish Ministers and the amounts and conditions of payment of such allowances or period payments must be as so provided or approved.
(5) Nothing in this regulation applies to the reimbursement of expenses incurred by a special constable in the execution of that special constable’s duty which have been authorised either generally or specifically by the chief constable where no allowance or periodic payment is payable under these Regulations and no determination has been made under regulation 22.
(6) In this regulation “periodic payment” has the meaning given by section 9(b) of the 2012 Act.