Allowances.
54). All allowances shall be non-pensionable, and the amounts and conditions of payment shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, and no allowances shall be paid except such an are prescribed in these Regulations or in the Scale of Allowances for the Force approved by the Secretary of State.
Rent Allowance.
55). Every member of the police force shall either be provided with a house or quarters free of rent, rates and taxes, or shall be granted a non-pensionable allowance in lieu. The allowances fixed by the Police Authority for those members of the force not residing in County-owned or County-rented houses, are:
Married members –
Actual rent of quarters or house occupied subject to a maximum limitation of an amount equal to 10% of pensionable pay plus 1/3rd of 10% in respect of rates and taxes.
Unmarried members –
Constables 3/- per week. Sergeants 3/- per week. Inspectors 4/- per week. Superintendents 5/- per week.
Provided that a single man with a dependent relative living with him or a widower, may, if the Police Authority think fit, be granted an allowance at the rate provided for a married man. For the purpose of this Regulation “rates” shall include any poor rate or any general or district rate and any water rate for domestic supply assessed on the rateable value of house or quarters independently of the quantity of water consumed, and “taxes” shall include inhabited house duty but not property tax, as though the words “or income tax” were added at the end thereof but this proviso shall cease to have effect as from 31st March 1924 (1923” altered to 1924 vide Order 81/1923), unless renewed by further Regulation.
a) As from 1st April 1922, or the first weekly pay day thereafter, all rent allowances shall be subject to a deduction and a charge (to be deducted from pay) shall be made in respect of all houses or quarters provided by the police authority, so that the aggregate amount of such deductions or charges in each force shall be, as nearly as may be, equal to the amount that would be produced if a deduction or charge, as the case may be, were made on the following scale in the case of each member of the force, whether married or single: Constables 3/6 weekly, Sergeants 4/6 weekly, Inspectors 5/6 weekly, Superintendents 7/6 weekly and Chief Constables and Assistant Chief Constables, one third of the rent allowance or the value of the house or quarters provided, as the case may be.
b) The deductions and charges to be made in the case of the several ranks or individual members of the force shall be fixed by the Police Authority at such rates as to produce the amount required by paragraph (a), provided that the rates may be fixed provisionally by the Chief Officer of Police and the deductions or charges may be made accordingly at the rates fixed by him, but in such case the rates shall be submitted, as soon as may be, to the Police Authority and shall be subject too the Police Authority’s approval.
c) Paragraphs (a) and (b) above shall cease to have effect as from the 31st March 1923 (“1923” altered to 1924 vide Order 81/1923), or the first weekly pay day thereafter, unless renewed by further Regulation.
Uniform Allowance.
56). A member of the police force above the rank of Inspector who does duty in uniform but is not supplied with uniform by the Police Authority shall be paid in lieu a Uniform Allowance at a rate calculated to cover the cost of supplying and maintaining the required uniform. This allowance has not yet been fixed, a further Order on the subject will be issued in due course.
Boot Allowance.
57). A member of the police force who is not supplied with boots by the Police Authority shall be paid in lieu a Boot Allowance at the rate of 1/-s. weekly.
Plain Clothes Allowance.
58). A member of the force who is required to do duty in plain clothes continuously for a period of one or more complete weeks shall be paid a Plain Clothes Allowance, to cover the extra expense to which he is put by wearing his own clothing on duty, at the following rates:
Superintendents £18 per annum. Inspectors £16 per annum. Sergeants and Constables 5/-s. per week.
Provided that where duty is regularly performed for alternating periods in plain clothes and uniform respectively or where overalls are provided or in other special cases, an allowance at a special rate may be paid, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State.
Detective Allowance.
59). A member of the police force who is engaged in detective duties continuously for a period of one or more complete weeks shall be paid a Detective Allowance at the rate of:
Superintendents 15/-s weekly. Inspectors 12/6 weekly. Sergeants 10/-s weekly. Constables 7/6 weekly.
This allowance shall be payable in addition to a Plain Clothes Allowance.
Subsistence and Lodging Allowance.
60).
I) A member of the police force who, in the performance of his duty, is absent from the police district of the force and is not provided with food and lodgings while absent, shall be paid a subsistence allowance and/or lodging allowance in consideration of the extra cost of food and/or lodging, as the case may be, and the amount of the Allowance in the case of a Superintendent or Officer of lower rank shall be in accordance with the following scale:
Subsistence Allowance. Supt. Insp. PS. PC.
Period of absence from home or usual place of Duty. a) Over 5 hours and not exceeding 8 hours. 3/- 2/6 2/3 2/- b) Over 8 hours and not exceeding 12 hours. 5/- 4/6 4/- 3/6 c) Over 12 hours and not exceeding 24 hours. 10/- 9/- 8/- 7/-
Lodging Allowance.
d) Lodging for the night 8/6 7/6 6/6 6/-
Provided that:
II) If a lodging allowance is payable as well as a subsistence allowance in respect of a period of absence of 16 hours or less, the subsistence allowance shall be at the rate provided under (b) above.
III) If the Chief Officer of Police is satisfied that the allowance payable under the above scale is not sufficient to cover the actual expenses necessarily incurred in any particular case, he may authorise the payment of the difference.
IV) A member of a police force who, in the performance of his duty, exceeding one week, may if the Chief Constable is satisfied that the allowances under the scale would be excessive having regard to the actual expenses incurred, be granted in lieu thereof a weekly allowance at such rate as may be fixed as necessary to cover his reasonable expenses, not exceeding £3/10/0 per week for a Superintendent, £3 per week for an Inspector, £2/10/ per week for a Sergeant and £2 per week for a Constable.
V) A member of the police force who, while engaged within the police district of the force is necessarily put to expense for meals and/or lodging in circumstances not covered by the grant of a Refreshment Allowance as provided in paragraph 61 below, shall be entitled to a Subsistence and/or Lodging Allowance in accordance with the above scale.
VI) So far as practicable, a member of the police force of or below the rank of Inspector, who is required to go on duty outside the district of the force to which he belongs, shall be given an advance to cover his probable expenses while absent.
Refreshment Allowance.
61). A member of the police force who, in the performance of his duty within the police district of the force is unable, by reason of his being retained on duty or engaged away from his usual place of duty, to obtain his meals in the ordinary way and is necessarily put to expense to obtain a meal, shall be granted a Refreshment Allowance on the following scale: Supt. Insp. PS. PC. To cover one meal 2/6 2/- 1/6 1/6 To cover two meals 5/- 4/6 4/- 3/6
Provided that the payment of the allowance shall in all cases be subject to the approval of the Chief Constable as to the circumstances in which the expense was incurred.
Detachment Duty Allowance.
62.
I) Where a member of the police force is employed as part of a detachment lent in aid of other police force in circumstances that involve his sleeping away from home, a Detachment Duty Allowance shall he payable in consideration of the special circumstances of such duty, at the rate of:
3/- daily for a Constable 4/- daily for a Sergeant 5/- daily for an Inspector 6/6 daily for a Superintendent
during the period of absence. When lodging and meals are not provided by the aided Police Authority, this allowance shall be payable in addition to any subsistence or lodging allowance to which the man may be entitled.
II) A Detachment Duty Allowance at the foregoing rates may be paid where members of the Metropolitan Police or any County Police Force are employed for a period of three or more complete days on detachment duty within the police district of the force to which they belong, i.e. as part of a detachment reinforcing another division, sub-division or section, in circumstances that involve their sleeping away from home.
Extra Duty Allowance.
63.
I) Where the police are required to undertake any of the following duties, a member of the force so engaged may receive an Extra Duty Allowance, to be payable by the Police Authority for which the duties are undertaken, if the Police Authority are satisfied that the performance of such extra duties causes, either regularly or on recurring occasions, a material addition to his normal hours of duty as a constable:
a) Duties of Inspector under the Diseases of Animals Act and making of returns in relation thereto. b) Inspection of weights and measures. c) Inspection and procuring samples under the Food and Drugs Act and the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act. d) Inspection of premises for the purposes of the Explosives Act and the Petroleum Acts. e) Duties of Inspector under the Shops Act, f) Duties on behalf of the Local Authority in respect of Local Taxation Licences, i.e., enforcement of the requirements as to licences for male servants, carriages, and armorial bearings.
The scales of allowances now in force for duties under the Diseases of Animals Act, Shops Act and in respect of Local Taxation Licences remain operative.
II) In respect of the following duties no allowance shall be payable other than the allowance or payment (if any) to which the constable would normally be entitled in respect of extended hours of police duty as provided in these Regulations:
a) Enforcement of Cinematograph Act. b) Enforcement of Borough Bye-laws. c) Billeting. d) Issue of Pedlars Certificates.
III) The following are duties which the Police shall not be required to perform:
a) Collection and recovery of monies due under affiliation orders. b) Collection and recovery of monies due under maintenance orders under the Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act. c) Collection of market tolls. d) Mayors Attendant. e) Town Crier.
IV) Any other work not connected with police duty which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, the police may not be properly required to perform. Provided that nothing in this paragraph shall preclude the collection of monies by a member of a police force appointed, with the consent of the Police Authority, collecting officer under the Affiliation Orders Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo.5. C.6) or under the Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5, C.58) or the receipt of monies tendered at a Police Station, or shall affect the duties of the police in the execution of any warrant.
Temporary Duty Allowance.
64). Where a constable is required to perform the duties of a Sergeant, or a Sergeant is required to perform the duties of an Inspector, either to fill a temporary vacancy or for some other special purpose and for a continuous period exceeding two weeks, he shall be granted in respect of such service, after the first two weeks, a non-pensionable payment in addition to his ordinary pay, at a rate equal to the difference between his ordinary rate of pay and the lowest rate of pay of the rank in which he is temporary acting.
Miscellaneous Provisions as to Allowances.
65). A member of the police force employed at the expense of a private person or persons shall be entitled to such payments as are provided in these Regulations by way of subsistence or lodging allowance or refreshment allowance, or as payment in respect of extended hours of duty but shall not receive any special allowance in consideration of the purpose for which he is employed. All payments so due shall be made by the Police Authority and recovered from the person or persons for whose benefit the constable is employed.
66). If a man who is regularly in receipt of Plain Clothes Allowance or Detective Allowance or any other allowance to meet an expense which ceases during his absence from duty, is placed upon the sick list, the allowance shall be payable during his absence from duty up to a period of one month, but thereafter, during the remainder of his absence from duty, payment may be suspended at the discretion of the Chief Constable. Provided that the boot allowance shall not cease to be payable during a period of sickness.
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