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Paragraph 2

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(1)

The annual pay of a member holding the rank of constable shall, subject as hereinafter provided, be determined by reference to his reckonable service in accordance with the scale in the following Table B.

Table B

Annual pay of constables

Reckonable serviceAnnual Pay
£
Before completing 1 year of service …7,752
After 1 year of service …8,289
After 2 years of service …9,756
After 3 years of service …9,987
After 4 years of service …10,317
After 5 years of service …10,671
After 6 years of service …11,013
After 7 years of service …11,355
After 8 years of service …11,691
After 12 years of service …12,372
After 15 years of service …12,936
(2)

In the case of a constable who first became a member of a police force after he had attained the age of 22 years, his annual pay during the period before he completes 2 years' reckonable service shall be determined in accordance with Table B as if at all times during that period he had two years' reckonable service.

(3)

For the purposes of this paragraph—

(a)

any reference to a member’s reckonable service is a reference to the service reckonable for the purposes of his scale of pay; and

(b)

in determining whether or not a person has served continuously as a member of a police force there shall be disregarded any break in service occurring on transfer from one police force to another or which ends with the man exercising a statutory right of reversion to his police force.