{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1987/regulation-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1987/regulation-38.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/851",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/38",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Temporary salary",
  "text": "(1) A member of a police force of the rank of superintendent who is required for a continuous period exceeding 7 days to perform duties normally performed by a member of the force of a higher rank than his own, otherwise (subject to paragraph (2)) than as the direct or indirect result of the absence of any member of the force on a monthly or other leave day granted under regulation 30, shall be paid in respect of that period, other than the first 7 days thereof, at a rate equal to the lowest rate of pay for that higher rank.\n(2) Where any member of the force is absent for a continuous period comprising both—\n(a) monthly or other leave days granted under regulation 30, and\n(b) one or more annual leave days granted under regulation 33,\nparagraph (1) shall have effect as if the entire continuous period of absence were a period of annual leave.\n(3) A member of a police force below the rank of superintendent who, in any year, has been required to perform duties normally performed by a member of the force of a higher rank than his own for 14 complete days shall be paid in respect of each further complete day in that year on which he is required to perform such duties at a rate equal to the lowest rate of pay to which he would be entitled on promotion to the higher rank:\nProvided that where a member is entitled to be paid under this paragraph and the higher rank is that of superintendent or above there shall be no entitlement to an allowance, or time off, under regulation 28 or 29 in respect of such duties; but where in such a case the member is required to do duty on a public holiday or rostered rest day, he shall be granted a day’s leave for each such day.\n(4) For the purposes of this regulation the expression “year” means a period of 12 months beginning on 1st April.\n(5) For the purposes of this regulation, the expression “day” means, in relation to a member of a police force below the rank of superintendent, his normal daily period of duty.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1990/2619",
      "affecting_title": "The Police (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 1990"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/851/regulation/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:26:54.657928+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}