Regulation 37 Rate of pay

The rate of pay of a member of a police force shall be in accordance with the appropriate scale mentioned in Schedule 5.

Subject to regulations 41, 42 and 43, section 2(1) of the Police (Overseas Service) Act 1945^f1 and section 43(1) of the Police Act 1964, in reckoning the service of a member of a police force in any rank for the purposes of any of the aforesaid scales of pay, account shall be taken of all his service in that rank, whether in that or another police force; and service in a higher rank, on temporary promotion thereto or otherwise, shall be treated as if it had been service in that rank:

• Provided that in reckoning a member’s service in any rank—

  1. (a)

     that service shall be treated as unbroken by, and including, any period of service in Her Majesty’s forces which he is entitled to reckon as pensionable service;

  2. (b)

     except where the police authority in the circumstances of a particular case otherwise determine with the approval of the Secretary of State, no account shall be taken of any previous service in that rank which terminated in his reduction in rank as a punishment but any previous service in a higher rank which so terminated shall be treated as if it had been service in the rank to which the member was reduced;

  3. (c)

     no account shall be taken of any performance of the duties of that rank in respect of which a temporary salary is payable under regulation 38;

  4. (d)

     any period of unpaid leave shall be disregarded;

  and, in the case of a member of a police force of a rank higher than that of inspector, this paragraph shall have effect subject to any contrary agreement so far as it relates to the reckoning of previous service in that or another force, not being a force from which he was statutorily transferred to his present force.

Where a member of a combined police force has been a member of a police force for an area comprised in whole or in part in the combined area (hereafter in this paragraph referred to as “the former force”) and—

then, notwithstanding anything in paragraph (1), his pay may be increased by such amount as may be approved by the Secretary of State.

Nothing in this regulation shall affect the operation of any provisions of the Discipline Regulations and, in relation to a member of a police force suspended or fined thereunder, the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 6 or of paragraph 4 thereof shall have effect.

Paragraph (1) and Schedule 5 shall have effect in relation to a university scholar subject to the provisions of paragraph 3 of Schedule 4.