The Police (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1993
These Regulations further amend the Police Regulations 1987.Paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (5) of regulation 3 are concerned with transitional rent allowance, and have effect from 1st April 1990 (retrospection is authorised by section 33(4) of the Police Act 1964).Regulation 3(2) and (5) ensure that such an allowance should not be less than the amount of flat-rate rent allowance payable to officers of the appropriate rank and force on 31st March 1990. Regulation 3(3) provides that where two police officers are married to each other and each is in receipt of transitional rent allowance and one of them retires, resigns or is discharged while a probationer the other may thereafter receive such an allowance at an enhanced rate; and regulation 3(4) makes consequential provision. Regulation 3(6), which has effect from 1st July 1992, provides that where two police officers are married to each other and one is appointed to serve part-time the other may receive a further allowance (compensatory allowance) to take account of the part-time officer’s reduced housing or related allowances.