{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-regulations-1996/regulation-54",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/473",
  "legislation_title": "Royal Ulster Constabulary Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/54",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": "Motor vehicle allowances",
  "text": "(1) Where the chief constable is of the opinion that the duties normally performed by a member are of such a nature that it is—\n(a) essential, or\n(b) desirable,\nthat the member in question should, at all material times, have a motor vehicle at his disposal, he may authorise that member to use (subject to his directions) a motor vehicle owned by the member for the purposes of duties performed by him and, subject as hereinafter provided, in respect of such use the member shall be paid a motor vehicle allowance.\n(2) A motor vehicle allowance shall not be payable in respect of the authorised use of a motor vehicle unless there was in force, in relation thereto, a policy of insurance in terms approved by the Police Authority, in relation to the use in question, for the purposes hereof.\n(3) A motor vehicle allowance shall not be payable in respect of the authorised use of a motor car of a cylinder capacity exceeding 500 c.c. unless the member concerned was willing to carry passengers for the purposes of the duties performed by him or, in the case of passengers being members or members of any police force, by those members.\n(4) A motor vehicle allowance in respect of the authorised use of a motor car of a cylinder capacity exceeding 500 c.c. shall, subject as aforesaid, be payable—\n(a) where the chief constable is of the opinion mentioned in paragraph (1)(a), at the essential user’s rate;\n(b) where the chief constable is of the opinion mentioned in paragraph (1)(b), at the casual user’s rate,\nas provided in Schedule 9:\nProvided that where the member concerned holds a rank above that of superintendent he may instead be paid a flat-rate motor vehicle allowance at such annual rate as is determined by the Police Authority on such basis as is approved by the Secretary of State.\n(5) A motor vehicle allowance in respect of the authorised use of—\n(a) a motor car of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 500 c.c., or\n(b) a motor bicycle,\nshall, subject as aforesaid, be payable on such conditions and at such rate as is approved by the Secretary of State.\n(6) In its application to the chief constable this regulation shall have effect as if any reference therein to that officer were a reference to the Police Authority.\n(7) Paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 shall have effect for the purposes of the interpretation of this regulation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2003/184",
      "affecting_title": "Police Service of Northern Ireland (Amendment) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2003/184",
      "affecting_title": "Police Service of Northern Ireland (Amendment) Regulations 2003"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/473/regulation/54",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}