Regulation 31 Reckoning of serviceI1

account is to be taken of all that constable’s service in that rank;

where the constable has served in any rank with a police force, account is to be taken of all that constable’s service in that rank as if it were service in the corresponding rank in the Police Service; F1...

performance of the duties of a higher rank, in respect of which a temporary salary is payable under regulation 19, is to be treated as if it had been service in that higher rank; and

service in a higher rank, on temporary promotion thereto, is to be treated as if it had been service in that higher rank.

that service is to be treated as unbroken by, and including, any period of service in Her Majesty’s naval, military or air forces which the constable is entitled to reckon as pensionable service;

account is to be taken of service in that rank whether it is by virtue of the constable’s current appointment to the Police Service or a previous such appointment;

except where the Authority in the circumstances of a particular case otherwise determines with the approval of the Scottish Ministers, no account is to be taken of any previous service in that rank which terminated in that constable’s reduction in rank as a punishment but any previous service in a higher rank which so terminated is to be treated as if it had been service in the rank to which that constable was reduced;

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any period of unpaid leave is to be disregarded;

any part-time service is to be taken into account as though it were full-time service;

in the case of a constable who has taken one or more periods of maternity leave F4, shared parental leave or paternity leave (taken in accordance with a determination under regulation 25(7)) or adoption leave (taken in accordance with a determination under regulation 25(8)(c)), the Scottish Ministers must determine how and how much account is to be taken;

account is to be taken of any period of maternity support leave, parental leave and adoption support leave taken in accordance with a determination under regulation 25(8)(a), (b) and (d) respectively,