The Police (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 1990

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Police Regulations 1987. They have effect, as provided by regulation 2, for the purposes of regulation 3(5)and (6) as from 1st July 1989, for the purposes of regulation 3(7), (8)and (9) as from 1st April 1990 (retrospection is authorized by section 33(4) of the Police Act 1964)and for all other purposes as from1st September 1990.

Regulation 3(2)and (3) amend the qualifications for appointment to a police force in relation to age and height.

Regulation 3(4) removes the requirement for a certificate of service to state the circumstances of an officer’s leaving his force.

Regulation 3(5) increases London weighting and regulation 3(6) increases the supplementary pay of university scholars in the City and the metropolitan police district.

Regulation 3(7) provides that for the purpose of determining the date when a police officer in receipt of transitional rent allowance should transfer to housing allowance, account is to be taken of compensatory grant referable to financial years earlier than 1989/90.

Regulation 3(8) provides that where a police officer in receipt of transitional rent allowance is married to a woman police officer who takes unpaid maternity leave, he will receive an enhanced allowance during her period of leave, thus bringing the arrangements for transitional rent allowance into line with those for housing allowance.

Regulation 3(9) restores the eligibility for a provided accommodation allowance of a woman police officer following a period of unpaid maternity leave when it was not payable to her.