The Police Pensions Regulations 1987

Meaning of certain expressions in relation to persons who are not members of a home police force

A6.—(1) A reference in these Regulations to a rank, being a rank in a home police force, shall, in relation to a member of an overseas corps, be construed as a reference to such rank in that corps as the Secretary of State may from time to time direct.

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations—

(a) a central police officer, or

(b) an overseas policeman who is not a member of an overseas corps, shall be deemed to hold the rank in which he is entitled to revert to his home police force at the end of his tour of overseas service or, as the case may be, of central service.

(3) For the purposes of these Regulations—

(a) an inspector of constabulary shall be deemed to hold the rank and office of chief constable;

(b) an assistant inspector of constabulary shall be deemed to hold the rank of chief superintendent.

(4) Except where the context otherwise requires, for the purposes of these Regulations—

(a) an inspector or assistant inspector of constabulary or a central police officer shall be deemed to be a member of a home police force;

(b) an overseas policeman who is not a member of an overseas corps shall be deemed to be a member of such a corps;

and any reference to such a person joining or leaving a police force or transferring from one force to another, however expressed, shall be construed accordingly.

(5) In relation to an inspector or assistant inspector of constabulary, a central police officer or an overseas policeman, any reference in these Regulations to the police authority shall be construed as a reference to the Secretary of State.

(6) This Regulation has effect subject to paragraph 3 of Part VII of Schedule J.