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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-amendment-regulations-1992/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/1432",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-amendment-regulations-1992",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations further amend the Police (Scotland) Regulations 1976. They come into force on 21st July 1992 and have effect for the purposes of regulation 4 as from 1st February 1991, regulation 5 as from 1st February 1992; regulation 6 as from 20th March 1991, regulation 7 as from 21st July 1992, regulation 8 as from 1st July 1991 and regulations 9 and 10 as from 1st September 1991 (retrospection being authorised by section 26(3) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967).\nRegulation 4 provides for the entitlement of a constable below the rank of superintendent to receive a temporary increase in pay where he is required to perform duties normally carried out by a constable of higher rank to extend beyond 1st April in any year, where immediately before that date he was receiving a temporary increase in pay in respect of such duties and on his first scheduled working day following that date he continued to perform such duties.\nRegulation 5 ensures that police authorities may make advances of pay to constables.\nRegulation 6 amends the entitlement of constables to payment of removal allowance by providing for an increase in the period of entitlement to reimbursement of mortgage interest or rent, and giving police authorities a discretion to allow a further period of such entitlement. It also provides for an increase in the maximum amount payable in respect of incidental expenditure, and clarifies the meaning of certain reimbursable expenses.\nRegulation 7 preserves the entitlement of existing constables to reimbursement of National Health Service charges for certain drugs, medicines and appliances and for dental treatment, and provides for the reimbursement of such charges to constables who first join the police after these Regulations come into force only where the charges relate to an injury received or disease contracted in the execution of their duties as a constable.\nRegulation 8 increases the supplement payable to a constable of a Scottish police force who takes up residence as a university scholar in London.\nRegulation 9 provides for increases in the rates of pay of police constables, sergeants, inspectors and chief inspectors.\nRegulation 10 provides for an increase in the rates of the dog handler’s allowance.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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