§ 82. Mr. Skinnardasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether men who resigned from the police forces since the end of the war and are now prepared to rejoin will be allowed to do so; and whether their previous years of service will rank for pay, allowances and pension.
§ Mr. EdeIt is for the appointing authority in each case to decide whether or not a man who has resigned from a police force should be accepted as a candidate for re-appointment. If he is re-appointed he is entitled to reckon, for the purposes of pay, the whole of the service which he was entitled to reckon for that purpose when he resigned. If he re-joins his old force he is entitled to reckon for pension purposes his earlier pensionable service, on repayment of any gratuity, rateable deductions or pension contributions which he received on his retirement. If he joins another force it is within the discretion of the police authority to allow the whole or such part of his previous pensionable service as they think fit to count for pension purposes, provided that he pays to them a proportionate part of any gratuity, rateable deductions or pension contributions which he received on retirement.