# The Police Regulations 1987, Paragraph 1


(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—
(a) 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;
(b) 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
(2) 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.
(3) 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.
(4) 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.
(5) 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—
(a) where he has, or is to be treated as having, more than two years' reckonable service in that rank, by £474;
(b) where he has, or is to be treated as having, more than one but less than two years' such service, by £624; and
(c) in any other case, by £855.
(6) 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.
(7) 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.
(8) Where a member promoted to or appointed in the rank of chief inspector or inspector last served before his promotion or appointment—
(a) in the case of a chief inspector, in the rank of inspector;
(b) 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.
(9) 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—
(a) 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;
(b) if he had 14 or more years' service as a constable, as if he had an additional 2 years' service as a sergeant.
(10) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/851/schedule/5/paragraph/1 (the official version)
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