# Royal Ulster Constabulary Regulations 1996, Regulation 55: Dog handler’s allowance


(1) Where a dog owned by the Police Authority is kept and cared for by a member at his home, the member shall be paid a dog handler’s allowance in respect of the care accorded to the dog on the member’s rest days and on public holidays.
(2) A dog handler’s allowance shall be of an amount determined in accordance with Schedule 10.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation and of Schedule 10, a member shall be treated as keeping and caring for a dog at his home if he would be so doing but for his being on annual leave.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/473/regulation/55 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-regulations-1996/regulation-55
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