Annex U amendment: Allowances (19 February 2024) (accessible)
Published 23 April 2024
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The following determination “Annex U (Amendment) – Allowances” is made by the Secretary of State under regulation 34 of the Police Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/527), following consultation in accordance with regulation 46 of those Regulations. This determination was made on 19 February 2024, and amends the determination “Annex U – Allowances”. The amendment comes into force on 1 September 2023.
1. For paragraph 2 (dog handler’s allowance), substitute-
2) Dog handler’s allowance
a) Where a dog owned for the purposes of the police force is kept and cared for by a member of a police force 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.
b) For this purpose the member shall be treated as keeping and caring for a dog at his home if he would be doing so but for his being on annual leave.
c) The annual rate of this allowance is, with effect from 1 September 2023, £2,697.
d) Where the member keeps and cares for at his home more than one dog owned for the purposes of the police force, there shall be added to the allowance an amount equal to 25 per cent of the sum specified in sub-paragraph (c) for each such dog.
2. For paragraphs 7 (special priority payments) to 10 (unsocial hours allowance), substitute-
8) Bonus paymentsA1
A chief officer may award a payment of not less than £50 and not more than £2,000 to a member of their force where they are satisfied that the member concerned has performed work of an outstandingly demanding, unpleasant or important nature.
10) Unsocial hours allowanceA2
a) A member of a police force in the rank of constable, sergeant, inspector or chief inspector shall be paid an allowance, to be known as the unsocial hours allowance, in respect of every full hour worked by the member between 8pm and 6am.
b) The unsocial hours allowance shall be paid at an hourly rate of 10% of the member’s hourly rate of pay, calculated by multiplying by 6/125200 the member’s annual rate of pay.
A1There were previously a paragraph 7 and 7A, but they have been deleted. To ensure cross-references in other documents remain correct, however, paragraph 8 has not been renumbered.
A2There were previously a paragraph 9 and 9A, but they have been deleted. To ensure cross-references in other documents remain correct, however, paragraph 10 has not been renumbered.
3. Omit paragraph 14 (non consolidated award).
4. In paragraph 15 (service critical skills payment), for the heading, substitute-
15) Service critical skills payment3A
3A There was previously a paragraph 14, but it has been deleted. To ensure cross-references in other documents remain correct, however, paragraph 15 has not been renumbered.