Regulation 8 Pay during sick leave

The principal Regulations are amended by inserting after regulation 27—

“Pay during sick leave

27A

(1)

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), if on any relevant day a constable 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 constable 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 constable may in a particular case determine that for a specified period—

(a)

a constable who is entitled to half pay while on sick leave is to receive full pay, or

(b)

a constable 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 constable is on sick leave, and in this regulation—

(a)

references to a constable’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 27;

(b)

references to full pay are references to pay at the rate ascertained from regulation 30(1); and

(c)

references to half pay are references to pay at half the rate of the constable’s full pay.”.