Regulation 19
1. The Police Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015(1) are amended in accordance with Regulation 19.
2. In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a)In the definition of “age addition” after “meaning given in” insert “regulation”;
(b)“annualised final pay” for the words “Chapter 7 of Part 9 (death benefits)” substitute “regulation 159”;
(c)omit “contributions equivalent premium means a premium under section 51(2) of the 1993 Act;”;”
(d)at “full retirement pensions which come into payment early on the ground of permanent medical unfitness” for the words “has the meaning given Part 7, Chapter 3” substitute “in relation to a member of this scheme, means a full retirement pension to which the member becomes entitled under regulation 89(3)”;
(e)after “ill health pension under this scheme” insert—
“Independent medical referee” (“IMR”) has the meaning given in Schedule 1;”.
3. In regulation 9(4) after the first reference to “Police Service of Scotland” insert—
“within 3 months of the member becoming a member of the Police Service of Scotland”.
4. In paragraph 39 of Schedule 4 (calculation of weighted accrual for service in the 1988 scheme), for paragraph 7 substitute—
“(7) The annual rate of pension payable to the member under the 1988 scheme is the higher of—
(a)the amount calculated by multiplying the accrual rate by the member’s final pay; or,
(b)where a member is entitled to a deferred pension under regulation B5 (members deferred pension) and under Part 6 (member’s deferred pension) of Schedule B, the amount of pension that would have been payable under the 1988 scheme is those provisions applied of the calculation instead of sub-paragraphs (3) to (6) of this paragraph.”.