# Police Trainee Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001, Paragraph 7

Extent: N.I.

(1) Where a person has completed any service (not falling within paragraph 4 of Part I of this Schedule) in a police force in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, the period mentioned in regulation 17(3) shall be calculated as follows.
(2) Convert the relevant pay into sterling using the rate of exchange prevailing on the relevant day.
(3) Take the amount in sterling determined under sub-paragraph (2) (“the sterling equivalent”) and determine from the annual rates of pay payable to constables in the Police Service of Northern Ireland in accordance with the principal regulations—
(a) which annual rate is equal to the sterling equivalent, or
(b) if none is equal, which of the annual rates exceeding the sterling equivalent is closest to it, or
(c) if none equals or exceeds the sterling equivalent, which of the annual rates is highest.
(4) Determine the period of service in the rank of constable for which the annual rate determined under sub-paragraph (3) is payable.
(5) Include the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) in the period of service completed by the police trainee.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/369/schedule/1/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-trainee-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/schedule-1/paragraph-7
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