# The Police Regulations 1995, Regulation 46: Pay during sick leave


(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), if on any relevant day a member of a police force has,during the period of 12 months ending with that day been on sick leave for 183 days, he ceases for the time being to be entitled to full pay, and becomes entitled to half pay, while on sick leave.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), if on any relevant day a member of a police force has been on sick leave for the whole of the period of 12 months ending with that day, he ceases for the time being to be entitled to any pay while on sick leave.
(3) The chief officer of police may in a particular case determine that for a specified period—
(a) a member who is entitled to half pay while on sick leave is to receive full pay, or
(b) a member who is not entitled to any pay while on sick leave is to receive either full pay or half pay,
and may from time to time determine to extend the period.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation a relevant day is a day after 30th August 1995 on which a member is on sick leave, and in this regulation—
(a) references to a member’s being on sick leave are references to his being absent from duty while entitled to be so, or with the consent of the police authority, under regulation 35,
(b) references to full pay are references to pay at the rate ascertained from regulation 39(1) and, where applicable, regulation 41, and
(c) references to half pay are references to pay at half the rate of the member’s full pay.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/215/regulation/46 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1995/regulation-46
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