Prospective
40.—(1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, in particular of regulation 10(2) (limitation on payment of an injury pension to a person who ceased to serve before becoming disabled) and Part 5 (revision and withdrawal or forfeiture of awards), the pension of a police officer under these Regulations shall be payable in respect of each year as from the date of his retirement.
(2) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, in particular of regulation 18 (limitations on child’s special allowance), an adult survivor’s special pension or child’s special allowance shall be payable in respect of each week as from the death of the spouse or, as the case may be, the deceased civil partner or parent or, in the case of a special allowance payable to a posthumous child, as from the birth of the child.
(3) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, in particular of—
(a)regulation 15 (termination of adult survivor’s award on remarriage or other event);
(b)regulation 18 (limitations on child’s special allowance);
(c)regulation 19(3) (adult dependent relative’s special pension); and
(d)Part 5 (revision and withdrawal or forfeiture of awards),
a pension or allowance shall be payable for life and shall be discharged by payments in advance at such reasonable intervals as the Board may, in its discretion, determine except that payment on account of a pension or allowance may be delayed, in whole or in part, pending the determination of any question as to the liability of the Board in respect thereof, including any question as to the continuance of that liability.
(4) Where a person dies after receiving a sum paid in advance on account of a pension or allowance, neither that sum nor any part of it shall be recoverable although referable to a period after his death.
(5) Where an adult survivor remarries or enters into a civil partnership after receiving a sum paid in advance on account of a pension, neither that sum nor any part of it shall be recoverable although referable to a period after his remarriage or civil partnership.
(6) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, a gratuity under these Regulations shall become payable as soon as the entitlement to it arises and shall be paid forthwith in one sum except that—
(a)payment on account thereof may be delayed, in whole or in part, pending the determination of any question as to the liability of the Board in respect thereof, and
(b)where the Board is satisfied that it would be for the advantage of the beneficiary to pay a gratuity in instalments, it may pay it in instalments of such reasonable amounts and over such reasonable period as it thinks fit.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 40 in operation at 25.7.2006 with effect in accordance with reg. 1