Conditions Of Service - Regulations
13.
Discharge of probationer
(1) Subject to the provisions of this regulation,
during a constable's period of probation in the force the services
of that constable may be dispensed with at any time by written notice
given by the chief constable if the chief constable considers that
that constable is not fitted, physically or mentally, to perform the
duties of office of constable, or that that constable is not likely
to become an efficient or well conducted constable.
(2) A constable whose services are dispensed with under this regulation
shall be-
(a) informed in writing of the provisions of paragraph (3); and
(b) entitled to receive a month's notice or a month's pay in lieu
thereof.
(3) A constable's services shall not be dispensed with in accordance
with this regulation and any notice given for the purposes thereof
shall cease to have effect if that constable gives written notice
to the police authority of that constable's intention to retire and
retires in pursuance of the said notice on or before the date on which
that constable's services would otherwise be dispensed with; and such
a notice taking effect on that date shall be accepted by the police
authority notwithstanding that less than a month's notice is given.
(4) Where a constable has received a notice under this regulation
that the services of the constable are to be dispensed with and that
constable gives written notice of intention to retire and retires
under paragraph (3), that constable shall nevertheless be entitled
to receive pay up to and until the date on which the month's notice
that constable has received would have expired or where that constable
has received or is due to receive a month's pay in lieu of notice
that constable shall remain entitled to that pay notwithstanding the
notice that constable has given under paragraph (3).
