54. Award or gratuity not of right and powers to cancel, withhold or reduce award or gratuity

No special police officer or other person has an absolute right to an award or a gratuity under this Part.

The Approving Authority may cancel, withhold or reduce an award or a gratuity in respect of a special police officer in the following circumstances:

the special police officer has been guilty of negligence, irregularity or misconduct;

the award or gratuity was obtained by the wilful suppression of material facts;

the award or gratuity was granted in ignorance of facts which, had they been known before the special police officer is released from the Special Constabulary, would have justified a reduction in his or her emoluments or resulted in his or her dismissal or discharge;

the special police officer dies in disgrace;

for an award or a gratuity in respect of the special police officer’s death, where the death is attributable to a deliberate self-injury, a deliberate aggravation of an accidental injury or a reason within his or her control;

for an award or a gratuity in respect of the special police officer’s disablement —

where he or she voluntarily ends his or her service; or

his or her disablement is attributable to a deliberate self-injury, a deliberate aggravation of an accidental injury or a reason within his or her control.

Where an award or a gratuity has been cancelled, withheld or reduced under paragraph (2), the Approving Authority may, if it is equitable to do so, grant or restore the award or gratuity or a portion of the award or gratuity.

No special police officer or other person has an absolute right to an award or a gratuity under this Part.

The Approving Authority may cancel, withhold or reduce an award or a gratuity in respect of a special police officer in the following circumstances:

the special police officer has been guilty of negligence, irregularity or misconduct;

the award or gratuity was obtained by the wilful suppression of material facts;

the award or gratuity was granted in ignorance of facts which, had they been known before the special police officer is released from the Special Constabulary, would have justified a reduction in his or her emoluments or resulted in his or her dismissal or discharge;

the special police officer dies in disgrace;

for an award or a gratuity in respect of the special police officer’s death, where the death is attributable to a deliberate self-injury, a deliberate aggravation of an accidental injury or a reason within his or her control;

for an award or a gratuity in respect of the special police officer’s disablement —

where he or she voluntarily ends his or her service; or

his or her disablement is attributable to a deliberate self-injury, a deliberate aggravation of an accidental injury or a reason within his or her control.

Where an award or a gratuity has been cancelled, withheld or reduced under paragraph (2), the Approving Authority may, if it is equitable to do so, grant or restore the award or gratuity or a portion of the award or gratuity.