63.—(1) Where a dog owned by the police authority 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.
(2) A dog handler’s allowance shall be of an amount determined in accordance with Schedule 11.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation and of Schedule 11 a member of a police force shall be treated as keeping and caring for a dog at his home if he would be so doing but for his being on annual leave.