The Police Pensions Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2006

9.  In regulation G6 (payments by women members to enhance widowers' awards)–

(a) in paragraph (1) after “Subject to paragraph” insert “(1A) and”;

(b) after paragraph (1) insert the following paragraph–

“(1A) An election under this regulation which is made by virtue of the amendments to these Regulations by the Police Pensions Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2006 may not secure the counting of pensionable service before 6th April 1988.”.

(c) after paragraph (3)(d) insert–

“or

(e) in the case of a woman by whom contributions are payable under regulation G2 on or before the date on which the Police Pensions Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2006 come into force who elects to secure the counting of pensionable service after 5th April 1988 and before 17th May 1990 (not being service which is already the subject of an election to enhance her widower’s or surviving civil partner’s award), the date on which those Regulations come into force, or

(f) in the case of a woman by whom contributions become payable under regulation G2 after the date on which the Police Pensions Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2006 come into force who elects to secure the counting of pensionable service after 5th April 1988 and before 17th May 1990 (not being service which is already the subject of an election to enhance her widower’s or surviving civil partner’s award), the date on which those contributions become payable.”;

(d) in paragraph (4A) for “paragraph (3)(c) or (d)” substitute “paragraph (3)(c), (d), (e) or (f)”;

(e) in paragraph (13) for “paragraph (3)(c) or (d)” substitute “paragraph (3)(c), (d), (e) or (f)”.