Citation and commencement1

1

These regulations may be cited as the Police Service of Northern Ireland Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2006.

2

These regulations come into operation on 1st April 2006 but regulation 2, in so far as it relates to paragraphs 4 to 9 of Schedule 1, and regulations 4 and 5 have effect from 1st July 1992.

Amendment of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions Regulations 19882

The Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions Regulations 19884 are amended in accordance with Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

Amendment of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions (Purchase of Increased Benefits) Regulations 19883

The Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions (Purchase of Increased Benefits) Regulations 19885 are amended in accordance with Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Interest on late payments4

Where all or part of a sum—

a

becomes payable under the amendments contained in these Regulations on a date before the date on which these Regulations come into operation, and

b

is not or was not paid within three months of the date it became payable,

the Board shall pay the amount or additional amount payable together with interest from the date that payment was due calculated at the rate of 5 per cent per year, compounded with yearly rests.

Commutation of late payments5

Any notice of commutation under regulation B7 of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions Regulations 1988 in respect of a sum which becomes payable—

a

under the amendments contained in these Regulations, and

b

before the date on which these Regulations come into operation,

shall be given within six months of the date on which these Regulations come into operation.

Peter HainOne of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of StateNorthern Ireland Office

We consent to the making of these Regulations

Vernon CoakerDave WattsTwo of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury