Crime and Courts Act 2013

Police Pensions Act 1976 (c. 35) U.K.

24 U.K. The Police Pensions Act 1976 is amended as follows.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 8 modified (7.10.2013) by The National Crime Agency (Limitation of Extension to Northern Ireland) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2326), arts. 1, arts. 3-5

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 8 para. 24 in force at 7.10.2013 by S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)

25 U.K. In section 7 (payment of pensions and contributions), in subsection (2)—

(a) omit—

(i) paragraphs (ca) to (cd);

(ii) paragraph (cf);

(b) after paragraph (d) insert—

“(da) a National Crime Agency officer whose service as such is eligible service;”

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 8 para. 25 in force at 7.10.2013 by S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)

26 (1) Section 11 (interpretation) is amended in accordance with this paragraph. U.K.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) omit—

(i) paragraphs (ba) to (bd);

(ii) paragraph (bf);

(b) in paragraph (bfa) (inserted by Schedule 1 to the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013), in sub-paragraph (vi), for “member of staff of SOCA” substitute “ National Crime Agency officer ”;

(c) after paragraph (c) insert—

“(ca) eligible service as a National Crime Agency officer.”

(3) In subsection (2A)—

(a) for paragraph (c) substitute—

“(c) in relation to any such service as is mentioned in subsection (1)(bfa)(vi) or subsection (1)(ca) above, or any service of the kind described in section 97(1)(cj) of the Police Act 1996, “police pension authority” means the Director General of the National Crime Agency and “pension supervising authority” means the Secretary of State;”;

(b) omit paragraph (f).

(4) In subsection (5), omit the definition of “SOCA”.

(5) After subsection (8) insert—

“(9) A person's service as a National Crime Agency officer is “eligible service” for the purposes of this Act in any of the following cases.

(10) The first case is where—

(a) the person's service as a National Crime Agency officer is—

(i) service as the Director General, or

(ii) service that is designated for this purpose by the Director General, and

(b) the person is (immediately before beginning that service) a member, or eligible to be a member, of a police pension scheme.

(11) The second case is where—

(a) immediately before beginning the service as a National Crime Agency officer, the person—

(i) is serving as a member of the staff of the Serious Organised Crime Agency, and

(ii) by virtue of that service is, or is eligible to be, a member of a police pension scheme, and

(b) the person becomes a National Crime Agency officer by virtue of a scheme under paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013.

(12) The third case is where—

(a) immediately before beginning the service as a National Crime Agency officer, the person—

(i) is serving as a member of a police force, and

(ii) by virtue of that service is, or is eligible to be, a member of a police pension scheme, and

(b) the person becomes a National Crime Agency officer by virtue of a scheme under paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013.

(13) In subsections (10) to (12) “police pension scheme” means a pension scheme provided for under—

(a) section 1 above, or

(b) section 25(2)(k) or 26(2)(g) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998.”

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. 8 para. 26 in force at 7.10.2013 by S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)