The Police Cadets Regulations 1979

In these Regulations any reference to the police force to which a police cadet is attached is a reference to the force with a view to becoming a member of which the cadet is undergoing training; and in relation to a police cadet any reference to the chief officer of police or the police authority is a reference to the chief officer of that force or, as the case may be, the authority maintaining that force.

In these Regulations the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—

• “British Isles” means the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland;

• “guardian” includes, in relation to a police cadet, any person who is in loco parentis to the cadet;

• “week” means a continuous period of 7 days.

A person may be appointed a police cadet notwithstanding that he has not attained the age of 16 years or has attained the age of 18 years if the chief officer of police, after considering the circumstances of the case, so decides.

A police cadet may resign only if he has given to the police authority 2 weeks' written notice of his intention to resign or such shorter notice as may have been accepted by that authority.

A police cadet's service as such shall terminate, by virtue of this paragraph, on his appointment as a member of a police force.

Subject to the provisions of this Regulation, the chief officer of police may at any time terminate a police cadet's service.

A police cadet whose service is terminated under paragraph (3), otherwise than for misconduct, shall be entitled to receive 2 weeks' notice or 2 weeks' pay in lieu thereof.

Where the chief officer of police is considering terminating a police cadet's service under paragraph (3) for misconduct he shall, before reaching a decision, afford to the cadet an opportunity of a personal interview with him or the deputy chief constable or an assistant chief constable (or, in the case of the City of London and metropolitan police forces, with an assistant commissioner of police); and at any such interview the cadet shall be entitled to be accompanied by such person as he may choose and to make such representations as he thinks fit.

Subject to paragraph (2), the normal hours of duty of a police cadet shall be such as are determined by or with the authority of the chief officer of police.

Where a police cadet, for the purposes of training, is assigned to duties with a member of the police force, his normal weekly period of duty shall be 40 hours.

A police cadet whose actual period of duty in any week exceeds his normal period of duty (which excess period of duty is hereinafter referred to as “overtime”) shall, within 28 days, be granted in respect of each complete quarter of an hour of overtime an equal period of time off and, in addition, in respect of each complete three-quarters of an hour of overtime an additional quarter of an hour of time off.

To such extent, if any, as the chief officer of police in a particular case may decide, the period spent by a police cadet on a journey necessary to enable him to report for duty or to return home after duty shall be treated for the purposes of these Regulations as falling within a period of duty.

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the annual leave of a police cadet shall be granted at such times and be of such duration as may be determined by or with the authority of the chief officer of police.

Where a police cadet, for the purposes of training, is assigned to duties with a member of the police force, he shall normally be granted 3 weeks' annual leave a year.

Except where paragraph (2) applies, a police cadet shall normally be granted 10 weeks' annual leave a year:

Provided that where a cadet is required to spend a period camping or engaging in other activity of a partly recreational character, the chief officer of police may direct that the whole or a specified part of that period shall be treated for the purposes of this paragraph as if it were a period of annual leave.

This Regulation shall apply to a police cadet who is in quarantine as it applies to a cadet who is ill and any reference to unfitness shall be construed accordingly.

Subject to the provisions of this Regulation, the rate of pay of a police cadet shall be in accordance with the appropriate scale set out in Schedule 2 hereto.

Except where his pay falls to be reduced in accordance with paragraph (3), there shall be deducted from the pay of a police cadet the amount of any sickness benefit or injury benefit to which he is entitled under the Social Security Act 1975 and for this purpose any earnings related supplement or increase for adult and child dependants shall be treated as forming part of the benefit to which it relates.

If the chief officer of police so determines, a police cadet shall not be entitled to pay in respect of a period of special leave or of unauthorised absence from duty.

The police authority shall provide for a police cadet's board and lodging and, subject to paragraph (2), shall charge the cadet therefor in accordance with Schedule 3 hereto; and any such charge may, without prejudice to any other method of payment, be discharged by way of a deduction from his pay.

In this Regulation a reference to the provision of board and lodging includes a reference to the making of payments in respect of board and lodging.

This Regulation shall apply to the calculation of payments by way of pay under Regulation 13 and by way of charges for board and lodging under Regulation 14.

A month's payment shall be calculated at a monthly rate determined by dividing by 12 the annual rate.

A week's payment shall be calculated at a weekly rate determined by dividing by 52⅙ the annual rate.

A day's payment shall be calculated at a daily rate determined by dividing by 7 the weekly rate, determined as aforesaid.

In making any such payment as is referred to in paragraph (1) a fraction of a penny shall be treated as a whole penny except that a fraction less than a half-penny shall be ignored.

No allowance shall be paid to a police cadet 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.

Nothing in this Regulation shall apply to the reimbursement of expenses incurred by a police cadet in the execution of his duty, being expenses authorised either generally or specifically by the police authority.

A police cadet shall, subject to paragraph (2), be entitled in any year to travel allowances in respect of the cost of up to three return journeys, actually made, to visit a parent or guardian where the cost of the return journey exceeds £0.50.

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) the police authority shall keep a police cadet supplied with such uniform and equipment as are requisite in his case and shall provide for the dry cleaning of uniform and the repair of footwear.

Where a police authority supplies a police cadet with footwear for the purposes of normal duty they shall supply 2 pairs of boots or shoes annually but, in lieu of supplying and providing for the repair of such footwear, they may pay a cadet an allowance at the rate of £0.35 a week.

Where, in the case of a woman, a police authority supplies a police cadet with stockings or tights for the purposes of duty they shall supply 24 pairs annually but, in lieu of supplying such pairs, they may pay a cadet an allowance at the rate of £12 a year.

The police authority may charge a police cadet for uniform or equipment lost or damaged otherwise than as a result of fair wear and tear but, subject as aforesaid, shall make no charge for anything supplied, cleaned or repaired under this Regulation.

Uniform and equipment handed back to the police authority shall not be reissued to another police cadet until it has received any necessary cleaning or renovation and is in a serviceable condition.