Paragraph 1
The annual pay of a member holding a rank referred to in the first column of the following Table A shall, subject as hereinafter provided, be determined by reference to his service in that rank in accordance with the scale set opposite to his rank—
in the case of a member of the City of London or metropolitan police force, in the second and third columns of the said Table;
in any other case, in the second and fourth columns.
Table A
| Annual pay | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Service in Rank | London | Provinces |
| £ | £ | ||
| Chief Superintendent | Less than 1 year | 24,372 | 24,372 |
| After 1 year | 24,720 | 24,720 | |
| After 2 years | 25,275 | 25,275 | |
| After 3 years | 25,878 | 25,878 | |
| Superintendent | Less than 1 year | 22,482 | 21,924 |
| After 1 year | 22,923 | 22,482 | |
| After 2 years | 23,361 | 23,040 | |
| After 3 years | 23,805 | 23,805 | |
| Chief Inspector | Less than 1 year | 16,887 | 16,116 |
| After 1 year | 17,304 | 16,566 | |
| After 2 years | 17,748 | 17,016 | |
| After 3 years | 18,222 | 17,472 | |
| After 4 years | 18,693 | 17,928 | |
| Inspector | Less than 1 year | 14,958 | 14,193 |
| After 1 year | 15,375 | 14,637 | |
| After 2 years | 15,918 | 15,213 | |
| After 3 years | 16,407 | 15,660 | |
| After 4 years | 16,887 | 16,116 | |
| Sergeant | Less than 1 year | 12,372 | 12,372 |
| After 1 year | 12,936 | 12,936 | |
| After 2 years | 13,389 | 13,389 | |
| After 3 years | 13,836 | 13,836 | |
| After 4 years | 14,193 | 14,193 | |
Except in the case of a member of the City of London or metropolitan police force, where immediately before 1st September 1978 the annual pay of a chief superintendent was greater than £8,703, his annual pay determined in accordance with Table A above shall be increased by £147.
Except in the case of a member of the City of London or metropolitan police force, where immediately before 1st September 1978 the annual pay of a superintendent was greater than £7,839, his annual pay determined in accordance with Table A above shall be increased by £42.
Where a member of the City of London or metropolitan police force holding the rank of chief superintendent has held that rank or the rank of superintendent in one or other of those forces at all times since 1st September 1985, his annual pay determined in accordance with Table A shall be increased by £474.
Where a member of the City of London or metropolitan police force holding the rank of superintendent has held that rank in one or other of those forces at all times since 1st September 1985, his annual pay determined in accordance with Table A shall be increased—
where he has, or is to be treated as having, more than two years' reckonable service in that rank, by £474;
where he has, or is to be treated as having, more than one but less than two years' such service, by £624; and
in any other case, by £855.
Where a member of the City of London police force holding the rank of chief inspector held that rank immediately before 1st September 1978, his annual pay determined in accordance with Table A above shall be increased by £450.
Where a member is promoted to or appointed in the rank of superintendent and the aggregate amount of his pay and of his allowances under regulations 28, 29, 57 and 67 in respect of his period of service in the rank of chief inspector during the year immediately before the date of his promotion or appointment exceeded the amount which would have been the aggregate of his pay and of any allowance under regulation 57 in respect of that period of service had he been a superintendent with less than a year’s reckonable service in that rank, his annual pay shall be determined as if he had an additional year’s service in the rank of superintendent.
Where a member promoted to or appointed in the rank of chief inspector or inspector last served before his promotion or appointment—
in the case of a chief inspector, in the rank of inspector;
in the case of an inspector, in the rank of sergeant,
and had 4 or more years' reckonable service in the rank of inspector or, as the case may be, of sergeant, then his annual pay for the rank he holds shall be determined as if he had an additional year’s service therein.
Where a member promoted to or appointed in the rank of sergeant last served before his promotion or appointment in the rank of constable, then his annual pay for the rank of sergeant shall be determined—
if he had 12 or more (but less than 14) years' reckonable service as a constable, as if he had an additional year’s service as a sergeant;
if he had 14 or more years' service as a constable, as if he had an additional 2 years' service as a sergeant.
In sub-paragraphs (7) to (9) any reference to a member’s reckonable service in any rank is a reference to the service reckonable for the purposes of his scale of pay in the rank including any additional service reckonable by virtue of this paragraph or otherwise.