# The Police Regulations 1995, Regulation 58: Dog handler’s allowance


(1) Where a dog owned by the police authority is kept and cared for by a member of a police force at his home, the member shall be paid a dog handler’s allowance in respect of the care accorded to the dog on the member’s rest days and on public holidays.
(2) A dog handler’s allowance shall be of an amount determined in accordance with Schedule 10.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation and of Schedule 10 a member of a police force shall be treated as keeping and caring for a dog at his home if he would be so doing but for his being on annual leave.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/215/regulation/58 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1995/regulation-58
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