The Police Pensions (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003

6.  In regulation 11 (retirement pensions)–

(a) in paragraph (1) for “commencing on the date of his retirement” substitute

• “commencing–

  (a)

  in the case of a participator within paragraph (2), on the date of his retirement, and

  (b)

  in the case of a participator within paragraph (2A), from the date on which the police authority apply the amount obtained under paragraph (6) as mentioned in that paragraph.”;

(b) in paragraph (2) after “participator” insert “who retires before 1st November 1999”;

(c) after paragraph (2) insert–

“(2A) A participator who retires on or after 1st November 1999 is to make a pension election before his 75th birthday.”;

(d) in paragraph (3) for the words following sub-paragraph (c) substitute “and, in the case of a participator within paragraph (2), from which of the pension providers, or, in the case of a participator within paragraph (2A), from which insurance company, the pension is to be purchased.”;

(e) in paragraph (6)–

(i) for “(7) and (8)” substitute “(7) to (8)”; and

(ii) after “pension provider” insert “or, as the case may be, insurance company”;

(f) in paragraph (7) after “paragraph (8),” insert “in the case of a participator who retires before 1st November 1999,”; and

(g) after paragraph (7) insert–

“(7A) Subject to paragraph (8), in the case of a participator who retires on or after 1st November 1999 and does not make a pension election before his 75th birthday, the police authority shall apply the amount obtained to the purchase from an insurance company of such a retirement pension as appears to them to be suitable having regard to the participator’s family circumstances and his age and health.”.