The Police Pensions (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2004

Amendment of the Police Pensions Regulations 1987

3.—(1) The Police Pensions Regulations 1987(1) are amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2) In regulation F6 (previous service reckonable under current interchange arrangements) after paragraph (1A) insert the following paragraph–

“(1B) References in paragraph (1) to a transfer value include references to a transfer payment which has been received under an arrangement with the British Transport Police Force Superannuation Fund in circumstances where the conditions set out in paragraph 1(aa) of Section 2 of Part IV of Schedule F are satisfied.”

(3) After paragraph 1(a) of Section 2 of Part IV of Schedule F (pensionable service and transfer values), insert the following sub-paragraph–

“(aa) where his former superannuation arrangements were contained in the British Transport Police Force Superannuation Fund and the police authority are satisfied that–

(i) the transfer value represents all his accrued rights to awards under those arrangements,

(ii) the transfer value is one which he has, within 12 months of his last becoming a regular policeman, requested the police authority to accept under regulation F6,

(iii) the transfer value is calculated in accordance with guidance approved by the Government Actuary, and

(iv) either–

(a) the regular policeman has not reached the age of 55 at the time of the transfer; or

(b) he has reached that age at the time of the transfer, but the police authority and the administrators of the British Transport Police Force Superannuation Fund agree that the calculation shall be in accordance with paragraph 2,

in accordance with paragraph 2, and”.

(4) After paragraph 1 of Section 2 of Part IV of Schedule F, insert the following paragraph–

“1A.   References in paragraph 1(aa) to a transfer include–

(a) any transfer where there is an interval of no longer than one month between the regular policeman’s service with the British Transport Police Force and his service as a regular policeman; and

(b) any transfer where there is an interval of longer than one month between those periods of service and the police authority concerned and the administrators of the British Transport Police Force Superannuation Fund agree that the calculation shall be in accordance with paragraph 2.”

(5) In paragraph 2 of Section 2 of Part IV of Schedule F, after the words “paragraph 1(a)” insert “and (aa)”.

(6) In paragraph 1 of Schedule H (medical appeals)(2) for the words “regulation H2(2A)” substitute “regulation H2(1)” and for the words “regulation H2(2B)” substitute “regulation H2(2)”.

(7) In paragraph 7(2) of Schedule H for the words “paragraph 8(2)” substitute “paragraph 8(5)”.

(1)

S.I. 1987/257; relevant amendments were made by S.I. 1990/805, 1991/1517 and 2004/1491.

(2)

Schedule H was substituted by regulation 2 of, and paragraph 7 of the Schedule to, S.I. 2004/1491.