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Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 257

The Police Pensions Regulations 1987

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1987 No. 257

POLICE

The Police Pensions Regulations 1987

Made20th February 1987
Laid before Parliament9th March 1987
Coming into force1st April 1987


ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

Part A
General Provisions and Retirement
A1. Citation and commencement.
A2. Supplementary provisions.
A3. Exclusion of old cases.
A4. Meaning of certain expressions and references—general provisions.
A5. Meaning of certain expressions related to the National Insurance and Social Security Acts.
A6. Meaning of certain expressions in relation to persons who are not members of a home police force.
A7. Weekly rate of pensions and allowances.
A8. Persons treated as being in receipt of a pension.
A9. Reckoning of service for purposes of awards.
A10. Aggregate pension contributions for purposes of awards.
A11. Injury received in the execution of duty.
A12. Disablement.
A13. Disablement, death or treatment in hospital the result of an injury.
A14. Relevant service in the armed forces.
A15. Alterations in police areas.
A16. Transfers.
A17. Retirement.
A18. Compulsory retirement on account of age.
A19. Compulsory retirement on grounds of efficiency of the force.
A20. Compulsory retirement on grounds of disablement.
A21. Effective date of retirement.
Part B
Personal Awards
B1. Policeman's ordinary pension.
B2. Policeman's short service award.
B3. Policeman's ill-health award.
B4. Policeman's injury award.
B5. Policeman's deferred pension.
B6. Award by way of repayment of aggregate pension contributions.
B7. Commutation—general provision.
B8. Commutation—small pensions.
B9. Allocation.
B10. Limitation of surrendered portion of a pension for the purposes of Regulation B7 or B9.
B11. Deduction of tax from certain awards.
Part C
Widows' Awards
C1. Widow's ordinary pension.
C2. Widow's special award.
C3. Widow's augmented award.
C4. Widow's accrued pension.
C5. Limitation on award to widow with reference to date of marriage and pension in case of post-retirement marriage.
C6. Widow's requisite benefit and temporary pension.
C7. Widow's award where no other award payable.
C8. Limitation on award to widow living apart from her husband and widow's requisite benefit pension.
C9. Termination of widow's award on remarriage.
Part D
Children's Awards
D1. Child's ordinary allowance.
D2. Child's special allowance.
D3. Child's special gratuity.
D4. Child's accrued allowance.
D5. Child's allowance or special gratuity—limitations.
Part E
Awards on Death—Additional Provisions
Dependent relatives and estate
E1. Adult dependent relative's special pension.
E2. Gratuities—dependent relatives.
E3. Gratuity—estate.
Supplementary provisions relating to awards on death
E4. Gratuity in lieu of widow's pension.
E5. Gratuity in lieu of child's allowance.
E6. Limitation on discretion to grant a gratuity in lieu of a pension or allowance.
E7. Prevention of duplication.
E8. Increase of widow's pension or child's allowance during first 13 weeks.
E9. Increase of awards (other than flat-rate awards) by reference to the Pensions (Increase) Acts.
E10. Determination of amount of widow's or child's flat-rate award and increase thereof by reference to the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971.
Part F
Pensionable Service and Transfer Values
F1. Reckoning of pensionable service.
F2. Current service.
F3. Previous service reckonable without payment.
F4. Previous service reckonable on payment.
F5. Previous service reckonable at discretion of police authority.
F6. Previous service reckonable under current interchange arrangements.
F7. Previous service reckonable under preserved interchange arrangements.
F8. Transfer values payable between police authorities.
F9. Transfer values payable under interchange arrangements.
Part G
Pensionable Pay and Contributions
G1. Pensionable and average pensionable pay.
G2. Pension contributions payable by regular policeman.
G3. Additional and further contributions.
Part H
Appeals and Medical Questions
H1. Reference of medical questions.
H2. Appeal to medical referee.
H3. Further reference to medical authority.
H4. Refusal to be medically examined.
H5. Appeal by a member of a home police force.
H6. Appeal by overseas policeman, inspector of constabulary or central police officer.
H7. Limitations on appeals.
Part I
Servicemen
I1. Servicemen to whom Part I applies.
I2. Awards to servicemen.
I3. Awards on death of servicemen.
I4. Application of Regulations E2 and E3.
I5. Servicemen who resume service as regular policemen.
I6. Servicemen who do not resume service in their former force.
I7. Pensionable service.
I8. Pension contributions etc.
Part J
Special Cases
J1. Policeman with a guaranteed minimum for the purposes of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975.
J2. Former member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
J3. Former reversionary member of home police force.
J4. Other special provisions.
Part K
Revision and Withdrawal or Forfeiture of Awards
K1. Cancellation of ill-health and injury pensions.
K2. Reassessment of injury pension.
K3. Reduction of pension in case of default.
K4. Withdrawal of pension during service as a regular policeman.
K5. Forfeiture of pension.
Part L
Payments by and to Police Authorities
L1. Authorities responsible for payment of awards.
L2. Funds out of which and into which payments are to be made.
L3. Payment and duration of awards.
L4. Payment of awards otherwise than to beneficiary and application of payments.


SCHEDULES

 Schedule A —Glossary of Expressions

 Schedule B —Personal Awards
 Part IPoliceman's ordinary pension.
 Part IIPoliceman's short service pension.
 Part IIIPoliceman's ill-health pension.
 Part IVPoliceman's short service or ill-health gratuity.
 Part VPoliceman's injury award.
 Part VIPoliceman's deferred pension.
 Part VIIReduction of pension at state pensionable age.
 Part VIIIReduction of pension related to up-rating of widow's pension.

 Schedule C —Widows' Awards
 Part IWidow's ordinary pension.
 Part IIWidow's special pension.
 Part IIIWidow's accrued pension.
 Part IVWidow's pension in case of post-retirement marriage.
 Part VWidow's requisite benefit pension.

 Schedule D —Children's Awards
 Part IChild's ordinary allowance.
 Part IIChild's special allowance.
 Part IIIChild's accrued allowance.
 Part IVReduction in child's allowance during full-time remunerated training etc.

 Schedule E —Awards on Death—Additional Provisions
 Part IDependent relative's special pension.
 Part IIGratuity in lieu of widow's pension.
 Part IIIGratuity in lieu of child's allowance.

 Schedule F —Pensionable Service and Transfer Values
 Part IPayment by policeman in respect of previous service other than police service.
 Part IITransfers and current interchange arrangements.
Section 1
Transfer value payable by police authority under Regulation F8 or F9.
Section 2
Pensionable service reckonable on receipt of transfer value.
Section 3
Table referred to in Sections 1 and 2.
 Part IIIPreserved interchange arrangements.
Section 1
Civil service and Metropolitan Police Civil Staff service.
Section 2
Local government, Fire, Education and Health service.
Section 3
Other service or employment.

 Schedule G —Additional and Further Contributions

 Schedule H —Medical Appeals

 Schedule I —Servicemen—Increase of Awards

 Schedule J —Special Cases—Exceptions and Modifications
 Part IPersonal awards.
 Part IIWidows' awards.
 Part IIIChildren's awards.
 Part IVPensionable service.
 Part VTransfer values.
 Part VIPensionable pay and contributions etc.
 Part VIIGeneral and additional provisions.

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