# The Police (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1988 S.I. 1988/1821 · made 24 October 1988 These Regulations amend the Police Regulations 1987. Regulation 3(a) increases London weighting with effect from 1st July 1987 and again from 1st July 1988; regulation 3(c) increases pay and regulation 3(d) increases the dog handler’s allowance, both with effect from 1st September 1988 (retrospection is authorised by section 33(4) of the Police Act 1964). Regulation 3(b) provides for records of punishments to be removed from a police officer’s personal record at the expiration of a specified period automatically instead of at the officer’s request where the specified period ends on or after 1st January 1989. Made under: Police Act 1964 (Section 33); Police Negotiating Board Act 1980 (repealed 22.8.1996) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/police-amendment-no-2-regulations-1988/pdf/uksi_19881821_en.pdf ## Introductory text POLICE Made 24th October 1988 Laid before Parliament 31st October 1988 Coming into force 1st December 1988 In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 33 of the Police Act 1964, and after taking into account the representations made by the Police Advisory Board for England and Wales and the recommendations made by the Police Negotiating Board for the United Kingdom, and furnishing each of the said Boards with a draft of the Regulations in accordance with section 46(3) of that Act and section 2(1) of the Police Negotiating Board Act 1980, I hereby make the following Regulations: ## 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Police (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1988. ## 2 These Regulations shall come into force on 1st December 1988 and shall have effect for the purposes of regulation 3(a) as from 1st July 1987 and for the purposes of regulation 3(c) and (d) as from 1st September 1988. ## 3 The Police Regulations 1987 shall be amended as follows: (a) in regulation 39 (London weighting) for the words “by £945” there shall be substituted the words “in respect of the period from 1st July 1987 to 30th June 1988 by £1,017 and with effect from 1st July 1988 by £1,089”; (b) in regulation 19(2) (contents of personal records) the words “, if the member so requests” shall be omitted and there shall be inserted at the end, but not as part of paragraph (ii) of the proviso, the words “but in the case of a period free from punishment other than a caution which expires before 1st January 1989 only if the member so requests”; (c) in Schedule 5 (scales of pay) — (i) for tables A and B there shall be substituted respectively the tables set out in the Appendix to these Regulations; (ii) in paragraph 2(2) there shall be inserted after the word “force” the words “on or before 31st August 1988”; and (iii) after paragraph 2(2) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraphs: “(2A) In the case of a constable who first became a member of a police force after 31st August 1988 and after he had attained the age of 22 years, his annual pay during the period which ends on 31st August 1989 shall be £10,512 and during the remainder of the period before he completes 2 years of reckonable service shall be determined in accordance with Table B as if at all times during the latter period he had two years' reckonable service. (2B) In the case of a constable who became a member of a police force after 31st August 1988 and before he had attained the age of 22 years, his annual pay during the period which ends on 31st August 1989 shall be £8,352.”; (d) in paragraph 1 of Schedule 11 (dog handler’s allowance) for the words “£612” in sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the words “£663” and for the words “£831” in sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the words “£903”. ## Signature Douglas Hurd One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office 24th October 1988 ## Schedule APPENDIX TABLES SUBSTITUTED FOR TABLES IN SCHEDULE 5 TO THE POLICE REGULATIONS 1987 WITH EFFECT FROM 1ST SEPTEMBER 1988 Table A Annual Pay Rank Service in Rank London Provinces £ £ Chief Superintendent Less than 1 year 28,494 28,494 After 1 year 28,902 28,902 After 2 years 29,550 29,550 After 3 years 30,255 30,255 Superintendent Less than 1 year 26,283 25,629 After 1 year 26,799 26,283 After 2 years 27,309 26,934 After 3 years 27,831 27,831 Chief Inspector Less than 1 year 19,743 18,840 After 1 year 20,229 19,368 After 2 years 20,748 19,896 After 3 years 21,303 20,424 After 4 years 21,855 20,958 Inspector Less than 1 year 17,487 16,593 After 1 year 17,973 17,112 After 2 years 18,609 17,784 After 3 years 19,182 18,309 After 4 years 19,743 18,840 Sergeant Less than 1 year 14,466 14,466 After 1 year 15,123 15,123 After 2 years 15,654 15,654 After 3 years 16,173 16,173 After 4 years 16,593 16,593 Table B ANNUAL PAY OF CONSTABLES Reckonable Service Annual Pay £ Before completing 1 year of service 9,063 After 1 year of service 9,690 After 2 years of service 11,406 After 3 years of service 11,676 After 4 years of service 12,063 After 5 years of service 12,477 After 6 years of service 12,876 After 7 years of service 13,275 After 8 years of service 13,688 After 12 years of service 14,466 After 15 years of service 15,123 ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Police Regulations 1987. Regulation 3(a) increases London weighting with effect from 1st July 1987 and again from 1st July 1988; regulation 3(c) increases pay and regulation 3(d) increases the dog handler’s allowance, both with effect from 1st September 1988 (retrospection is authorised by section 33(4) of the Police Act 1964). Regulation 3(b) provides for records of punishments to be removed from a police officer’s personal record at the expiration of a specified period automatically instead of at the officer’s request where the specified period ends on or after 1st January 1989. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1821 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-amendment-no-2-regulations-1988 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.