32. The Police Pension Fund Regulations 2007 are amended as follows.
33.—(1) Regulation 2 (interpretation) is amended as follows.
(2) The following definitions are inserted in the appropriate places—
““an employed constable of NPIA” means a member of staff of NPIA who is a constable and an employee of NPIA;”
““NPIA” means the National Policing Improvement Agency;”.
(3) In the definition of “police authority” at the end insert “and, in relation to an employed constable of NPIA, it means NPIA”.
(4) For the definition of “regular police officer” substitute—
““regular police officer” means a member of a police force, the commissioner of police for the City of London, an inspector of constabulary, a police officer engaged on relevant service, a specified employee of SOCA and an employed constable of NPIA;”.
34. In regulation 12A (application of regulations to SOCA), at the end insert—
“(4) Regulation 10 shall have effect as if after paragraph (3) there were inserted—
“(3A) Where the Secretary of State requires accounts relating to the police pension fund to be audited, they shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General.””.
35. After regulation 12A insert—
“12B.—(1) In the application of these Regulations to NPIA as police authority in relation to an employed constable of NPIA, these Regulations shall have effect subject to the following modifications.
(2) References to the police fund shall be construed as references to the account established and maintained by NPIA and known as the income and expenditure account.
(3) Regulations 3(4) and 5(7) to (9) shall not apply.
(4) The reference in regulation 5(1) to 24.2% shall be read as a reference to 25.5%.
(5) Regulation 10 shall have effect as if after paragraph (3) there were inserted—
“(3A)Where the Secretary of State requires accounts relating to the police pension fund to be audited, they shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General.””.