Reckoning of service in the Police Service of Northern IrelandE+W
40.—(1) Where a member of a police force joined or rejoined that force having left the Police Service of Northern Ireland, on or after 17th December 1969, for that purpose or on exercising the right of reversion conferred prior to 1st April 1995 by section 2(1) of the Police Act 1969 M1 and on or after that date by section 53C of the Police Act 1964 M2 or section 97 of the Act then, for the purposes of regulation 24, his service in any rank in the Police Service of Northern Ireland shall be treated as if it were service in the corresponding rank in the police force he joined or rejoined as aforesaid:
Provided that in the case of a member of a police force of a rank higher than that of chief inspector this paragraph shall have effect subject to any contrary agreement.
(2) A member of a police force of the rank of constable shall be entitled to reckon, for the purposes of pay for that rank, any period of service in the Police Service of Northern Ireland not reckonable under paragraph (1).
(3) In this regulation, any reference to a rank corresponding to a rank in a police force is a reference to a rank in the Police Service of Northern Ireland designated by the Secretary of State for the purposes hereof as the rank corresponding to the rank in question.
Marginal Citations
M2Section 53C was inserted by section 26 of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994.