34.—(1) Subject to regulation 38, the Secretary of State shall determine the entitlement of members of a police force to any allowance, and in making such a determination the Secretary of State may confer on—
(a)the police authority;
(b)the chief officer,
such functions—
(i)in relation to the calculation of an allowance,
(ii)where the payment of an allowance is subject to such conditions as may be specified in the determination, in relation to those conditions,
as he thinks fit.
(2) No allowances shall be paid to a member of a police force except as provided by or under 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.
(3) Nothing in this regulation shall apply to the reimbursement of expenses incurred by a member of a police force in the execution of his duty, being expenses authorised either generally or specifically by the police authority in respect of which no allowance is payable under these Regulations and no determination has been made under regulation 35.