Regulation 7

After regulation 46 of the principal Regulations (pay during sick leave) there shall be inserted the following regulation:

“Pay during maternity leave

46A

(1)

Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a female member of a police force who satisfies the conditions in paragraph (2) is entitled to be paid as respects the first three months of any period or periods of maternity leave in any one maternity period (as defined by regulation 36A) taken in accordance with regulation 36A, but is not entitled to be paid thereafter.

(2)

The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that:

(a)

at the beginning of the week in which the expected date of birth (as defined by regulation 36A(1)) occurs, the female member of a police force will have served continuously for a period of not less than sixty-three weeks in that or any other police force; and

(b)

on the date (“the relevant date”) fifteen weeks before the expected date of birth (as so defined) she either—

(i)

remains pregnant, or

(ii)

has given birth prematurely to a baby who is alive on the relevant date.

(3)

In this regulation “week” means a period of seven days beginning with Sunday.”.