# Royal Ulster Constabulary Regulations 1996, Regulation 42: Pay during sick leave


(1) Subject to paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), if, on any relevant day, a member 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 paragraphs (3) and (4), if on any relevant day a member 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 member who is entitled to half pay while on sick leave is to receive full pay, or
(b) a member 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) The chief constable, if he is satisfied after consultation with a registered medical practitioner appointed or approved by the Police Authority, that a particular case is exceptional, shall determine in consultation with the said medical practitioner that for a specified period—
(a) a member who is entitled to half pay while on sick leave is to receive full pay, or
(b) a member who is not entitled to any pay while on sick leave is to receive either full pay or half pay.
An exceptional case is a case in which the member’s being on sick leave is directly attributable to an injury received in the execution of his duty, as defined in the Pensions Regulations.
(5) For the purpose of this regulation a relevant day is a day after 30th October 1995 on which a member is on sick leave, and in this regulation—
(a) references to a member’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 31,
(b) references to full pay are references to pay at the rate ascertained from regulation 36, and
(c) references to half pay are references to pay at half the rate of the member’s full pay.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/473/regulation/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-regulations-1996/regulation-42
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