Paragraph 3 Interpretation
This paragraph has effect for defining expressions used in paragraphs 4 to 9.
“Qualifying member”means a member of a police force who—
immediately before 1st September 1994 was a member of that or another police force,
was not then on unpaid leave,
has at all times after 31st August 1994 been a member of a police force, and
has not after that date been on unpaid leave.
“Re-joining member”means a member of a police force who by reason only of a relevant absence is not a qualifying member.
“Relevant absence”means—
a period of central service or overseas service, or
a period of unpaid leave,
ending after 31st August 1994.
“Housing emoluments”means any one or more of the following kinds of payments under the revoked provisionsf1as they had effect before 1st September 1994—
a housing allowance under regulation 49,
a transitional rent allowance and a transitional supplementary rent allowance under regulation 49B,
a supplementary housing allowance under regulation 50,
a compensatory grant under regulation 52, and
a compensatory allowance under regulation 52B,
and in relation to a re-joining member includes a rent allowance under regulation 49 as it had effect before 1st April 1990; and “housing allowance”and “transitional rent allowance”mean respectively the allowances mentioned in (a) and (b) above.
“The revoked provisions”means the provisions of the 1987 Regulations relating to housing and housing payments that were revoked on 1st September 1994, that is to say regulations 49 to 52, 52B and 72, paragraphs 16 to 18 of Schedule 1A and paragraph 4(1) and (2) of Schedule 4f2.
Annotations
Footnotes
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By S.I. 1994/2195.
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Regulations 49, 49A, 49B, 49C, 49D, 50 and 51 were inserted by S.I. 1990/401 and amended by S.I. 1990/1127, S.I. 1990/1573 and S.I. 1993/1198; regulation 52B was substituted by S.I. 1994/1308; regulations 52 and 72 and paragraph 4(1) and (2) of Schedule 4 were amended by S.I. 1990/401; and paragraphs 16 to 18 of Schedule 1A were inserted by S.I. 1992/1278.