Regulation 5

Regulation 39(2) of the principal Regulations (rate of pay) shall be amended as follows:

(a)

the words from “Provided that” to the end shall become a new paragraph numbered “(2A)”;

(b)

for the words “Provided that” there shall be substituted “For the purposes of this regulation”;

(c)

after sub-paragraph (e) there shall be inserted:

“(f)

in the case of a female member of a police force who has taken one or more periods of maternity leave—

(i)

where that leave has been for more than fourteen weeks, account shall be taken of the first fourteen weeks whilst on maternity leave;

(ii)

where that leave has been for less than fourteen weeks, account shall be taken of any period spent on maternity leave;”; and

(d)

for the words “this paragraph” there shall be substituted “paragraph (2)”.