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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-amendment-regulations-1995/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/137",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-amendment-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Determination of pay",
  "text": "For Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (scales of pay) there is substituted the following Schedule:—\n“SCHEDULE 3\nDETERMINATION OF PAY\nRegulation 30\n1 Subject to paragraph 10, the annual pay of a constable of a police force is the amount specified below at the pay point for his pay category.\n2 The pay points for superintendents and chief superintendents are the following:—\nPay category\nPay point\nAmount\n£\nA\n1\n37,596\nB\n2\n38,523\nC\n3\n39,450\nD\n4\n40,377\nE\n5\n41,304\nF\n6\n42,231\nG\n7\n43,158\nH\n8\n44,085\nI\n9\n45,012\n3 The pay categories for superintendents and chief superintendents are the following:—\nCategory\nDescription\nA\nThe constable is a superintendent in any force and—\n(a) was appointed in that rank after 31st August 1994,\n(b) immediately before his appointment was an inspector or chief inspector in pay category F or a lower category, and\n(c) has not completed one year’s service in the rank of superintendent.\nB\nThe constable is a superintendent—\n(a) who was appointed in that rank before 1st September 1994 and has not completed one year’s service in it, or\n(b) who was appointed in that rank after 31st August 1994 and has not completed one year’s service in it but, immediately before his appointment, was a chief inspector in pay category G or a higher category, or\n(c) who was appointed in that rank after 31st August 1994 at pay Category A and has completed one year’s service in it.\nC\nThe constable is a superintendent—\n(a) who was appointed in that rank before 1st September 1994 and has completed one year’s service in it, or\n(b) who was appointed in that rank after 31st August 1994 and has completed one year’s service in it at pay category B.\nD\nThe constable is a superintendent—\n(a) who was appointed in that rank before 1st September 1994 and has completed 2 years' service in it, or\n(b) who was appointed in that rank after 31st August 1994 and has completed one year’s service in it at pay category C.\nE\nThe constable is a superintendent—\n(a) who was appointed in that rank before 1st September 1994 and has completed 3 or more years' service in it, or\n(b) who was appointed in that rank after 31st August 1994 and has completed one year’s service in it at pay category D, or\n(c) whose pay category would otherwise be C but who has been assigned by the chief constable to this category.\nF\nThe constable—\n(a) is a superintendent whose pay category would otherwise be C, D or E, but who has been assigned by the chief constable to this category, or\n(b) is a chief superintendent and has not completed one year’s service in that rank, or\n(c) is a superintendent who was appointed in that rank after 31st August 1994 and has completed one year’s service in it at pay category E.\nG\nThe constable—\n(a) is a superintendent whose pay category would otherwise be C, D, E or F or a chief superintendent whose pay category would otherwise be F but who has been assigned by the chief constable to this category, or\n(b) is a chief superintendent and has completed one year’s service in that rank, or\n(c) is a superintendent who has been assigned to pay category F by virtue of a decision under paragraph (a) of the description of that category and who has completed one year’s service at that pay category.\nH\nThe constable—\n(a) is a superintendent whose pay category would otherwise be C, D, E, F or G or a chief superintendent whose pay category would otherwise be F or G but who has been assigned by the chief constable to this category, or\n(b) is a chief superintendent and has completed 2 years' service in that rank, or\n(c) is a superintendent or chief superintendent who has been assigned to pay category G by virtue of a decision under paragraph (a) of the description of that category and who has completed one year’s service at that pay category.\nI\nThe constable—\n(a) is a superintendent or chief superintendent whose pay category would otherwise be H but who has been assigned by the chief constable to this category, or\n(b) is a chief superintendent and has completed 3 years' service in that rank, or\n(c) is a superintendent or chief superintendent who has been assigned to pay category H by virtue of a decision under paragraph (a) of the description of that category and who has completed one year’s service at that pay category.\n4 The pay points for inspectors and chief inspectors are the following:—\nPay category\nPay point\nAmount\n£\nA\n1\n27,642\nB\n2\n28,455\nC\n3\n29,268\nD\n4\n30,081\nE\n5\n30,897\nF\n6\n31,533\nG\n7\n32,172\nH\n8\n32,811\nI\n9\n33,384\n5 (1) In this paragraph, “sub-paragraph (2), (3) or (4)” means sub-paragraph (2), (3) or (4) of paragraph 1 of this Schedule (which required pay to be determined in certain cases as if the constable of the rank of inspector or chief inspector had an additional year’s service) as that sub-paragraph had effect on 31st August 1994.\n(2) The pay categories for inspectors and chief inspectors are the following:—\nCategory\nDescription\nA\nThe constable is an inspector who—\n(a) has not completed one year’s service in that rank, and\n(b) was not on 31st August 1994 an inspector to whom sub-paragraph (2), (3) or (4) applied.\nB\nThe constable is an inspector who has either—\n(a) completed one year’s service in that rank, or\n(b) not completed one year’s service in it but was on 31st August 1994 an inspector to whom sub-paragraph (2), (3) or (4) applied.\nC\nThe constable is an inspector who has either—\n(a) completed 2 years' service in that rank, or\n(b) not completed 2 years' service in it but—\n(i) was on 31st August 1994 an inspector to whom sub-paragraph (2), (3) or (4) applied, and\n(ii) has completed one year’s service in that rank.\nD\nThe constable is an inspector who has either—\n(a) completed 3 years' service in that rank, or\n(b) not completed 3 years' service in it but—\n(i) was on 31st August 1994 an inspector to whom sub-paragraph (2), (3) or (4) applied, and\n(ii) has completed 2 years' service in that rank.\nE\nThe constable is—\n(a) a person appointed in the rank of chief inspector who has not completed one year’s service in it and has not been assigned to pay category F, or\n(b) an inspector who, having completed 3 years' service in that rank and having been assigned to this pay category by the chief constable, thereby holds the rank of chief inspector, or\n(c) an inspector who has completed 4 years or more service in that rank, or\n(d) an inspector who has not completed 4 years' service in that rank and who has not been assigned to the category by virtue of paragraph (b) of this description, but who—\n(i) was on 31st August 1994 an inspector to whom sub-paragraph (2), (3) or (4) applied, and\n(ii) has completed 3 years' service in that rank.\nF\nThe constable is—\n(a) a person appointed in or holding the rank of chief inspector who has completed one year’s service in it at pay category E, or\n(b) a person who was a chief inspector on 31st August 1994—\n(i) who has completed one year’s service in that rank, or\n(ii) to whom on that date sub-paragraph (2), (3) or (4) applied and who has not completed one year’s service in that rank, or\n(c) a person appointed in the rank of chief inspector who was assigned to this pay category by the chief constable and has not completed one year’s service in it, or\n(d) an inspector who, having completed 3 or more years' service in that rank and having been assigned to this pay category by the chief constable, thereby holds the rank of chief inspector.\nG\nThe constable is a chief inspector—\n(a) who has completed one year’s service in that rank and has been assigned to this pay category by the chief constable, or\n(b) who has completed one year’s service in it at pay category F, or\n(c) who was a chief inspector on 31st August 1994 and—\n(i) who has completed 2 years' service in that rank, or\n(ii) to whom on that date sub-paragraph (2), (3) or (4) applied and who has completed one year’s service, but not 2 years' service, in that rank.\nH\nThe constable was a chief inspector on 31st August 1994 and—\n(a) has completed 2, but not 3, years' service in that rank, but\n(b) on that date sub-paragraph (2), (3) or (4) applied to him.\nI\nThe constable was a chief inspector on 31st August 1994 and—\n(a) has completed 3, but not 4, years' service in that rank, but\n(b) on that date sub-paragraph (2), (3) or (4) applied to him.\n6 The pay points for sergeants are the following:—\nPay category\nPay point\nAmount\n£\nA\n1\n21,372\nB\n2\n22,146\nC\n3\n22,917\nD\n4\n23,691\nE\n5\n24,204\nF\n6\n24,927\n7 The pay categories for sergeants are the following:—\nCategory\nDescription\nA\nThe constable has not completed one year’s service in the rank of sergeant\nB\nThe constable has completed one year’s service in that rank.\nC\nThe constable has completed 2 years' service in that rank.\nD\nThe constable has completed 3 years' service in that rank.\nE\nThe constable has completed 4 years' service in that rank.\nF\nThe constable has completed 5 years' service in that rank.\n8 The pay points for constables are the following:—\nPay category\nPay point\nAmount\n£\nA\n1\n13,992\nB\n2\n15,192\nP\n1(P)\n16,044\nC\n3\n16,224\nD\n4\n16,584\nE\n5\n17,022\nF\n6\n17,613\nG\n7\n18,180\nH\n8\n18,771\nI\n9\n19,314\nJ\n10\n19,803\nK\n11\n20,445\nL\n12\n21,192\nM\n13\n22,146\n9 (1) In this paragraph, references to completing service of a specified number of years include service spent on initial training or on probation; and references to a protected constable are to a constable who was appointed after 31st August 1994 but before 27th February 1995 and was of the age of 22 years or over on appointment.\n(2) The pay categories for constables are the following:—\nCategory\nDescription\nA\nThe constable—\n(a) was appointed before 1st September 1994, was under 22 years of age on appointment and has not completed one year’s service, or\n(b) was appointed after 31st August 1994, is not a protected constable, and is undergoing initial training.\nB\nThe constable—\n(a) was appointed before 1st September 1994, was under 22 years of age on appointment and has completed one year’s service, or\n(b) was appointed after 31st August 1994, is not a protected constable, has completed initial training and has been assigned by the chief constable to this category.\nP\nThe constable is a protected constable and—\n(a) is undergoing initial training, or\n(b) has completed initial training and has not been assigned by the chief constable to category C.\nC\nThe constable was appointed after 31st August 1994, has completed initial training and has been assigned by the chief constable to this category.\nD\nThe constable—\n(a) has completed 2 years' service, or\n(b) was appointed before 1st September 1994 and was of the age of 22 years or over on appointment.\nE\nThe constable has completed 3 years' service.\nF\nThe constable has completed 4 years' service.\nG\nThe constable has completed 5 years' service.\nH\nThe constable has completed 6 years' service.\nI\nThe constable has completed 7 years' service.\nJ\nThe constable has completed 8 years' service.\nK\nThe constable has completed 10 years' service.\nL\nThe constable has completed 12 years' service.\nM\nThe constable has completed 14 years' or more service.\n10 Where a sergeant promoted to or appointed in that rank last served before his promotion or appointment in the rank of constable, then his annual pay for the rank of sergeant shall be determined—\n(a) if he had 12 or more (but less than 14) years' reckonable service as a constable, as if he had an additional year’s service as a sergeant;\n(b) if he had 14 or more years' reckonable service as a constable, as if he had an additional 2 years' service as a sergeant,\nand, for the purposes of this paragraph, a reference to reckonable service as a constable is a reference to the service reckonable for the purposes of the constable’s pay in that rank including any additional service which is otherwise reckonable.”.",
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