The Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2004

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2004.

(2) These Regulations shall come into force on 1st July 2004 but—

(a) the amendments made by Part 1 of the Schedule shall have effect from 10th November 2003(1);

(b) the amendments made by paragraphs 8, 9, 11 and 12 of Part 2 of the Schedule shall have effect from 1st April 2003;

(c) the amendments made by Part 3 of the Schedule shall have effect from 1st April 2002; and

(d) the amendment made by paragraph 14(1) in Part 4 of the Schedule has effect in accordance with paragraph 14(2) of the Schedule.

(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales only.

Amendment of the Police Pensions Regulations 1987

2.  The Police Pensions Regulations 1987(2) shall be amended in accordance with the Schedule to these Regulations.

Transitional provision relating to medical appeals

3.  The amendments made by regulation 2 and Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations shall not apply in respect of any appeal against a decision of the selected medical practitioner notified to the Secretary of State on or before 9th November 2003 unless the Secretary of State decides to refer the appeal to a board of medical referees.

Transitional provisions relating to unpaid parental leave

4.—(1) In a case where unpaid parental leave has been taken and the period specified in sub-paragraph (a) of regulation F1(1D) of the Police Pensions Regulations 1987 has ended before, or ends or will end within a period of 3 months beginning with, the date on which these Regulations come into force (“the commencement date”), that sub-paragraph shall have effect as if the period within which notice were required to be given was a period of 3 months beginning with the commencement date:

Provided that where the police authority are satisfied that it was not reasonably practicable for notice to be given within that period they may in their discretion accept such notice at any time before the expiry of 12 months from the commencement date.

(2) In a case such as is mentioned in paragraph (1) in which notice is given in accordance with that paragraph, regulation F1(1D)(d) of the Police Pensions Regulations 1987 shall have effect as if after the words “30 months” in paragraph (ii) there were inserted the words “or such longer period ending not later than 4 years and six months after the due date as the police authority in their discretion may allow”.

Hazel Blears

Minister of State

Home Office

30th May 2004

We consent to the making of these Regulations

Jim Murphy

John Heppell

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

7th June 2004