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19.—(1) “Alternative amount” means—
(a)in relation to a relevant pension sharing order that does not relate to mixed service where an initial amount was determined under—
(i)Article 26(2) of the 1999 Order in relation to a percentage value to be transferred from the initial scheme, the amount that would have been determined applying the relevant percentage value under that section on the valuation day if the remediable relevant benefits had been secured in the alternative scheme;
(ii)Article 26(3) of the 1999 Order in relation to an amount to be transferred from the initial scheme, the amount equal to the implied percentage of the cash equivalent of the remediable relevant benefits on the valuation day determined as if the remediable relevant benefits had been secured in the alternative scheme;
(b)in relation to a relevant pension sharing order that relates to mixed service, the greater of—
(i)the legacy scheme amount, and
(ii)the reformed scheme amount.
(2) In paragraph (1)(b)—
“legacy scheme amount” means, where the initial amount was determined in relation to—
a percentage value to be transferred from both the legacy scheme and the reformed scheme, the amount that would have been determined applying—
in relation to pre-taper date remediable relevant benefits, the legacy scheme percentage value, and
in relation to post-taper date remediable relevant benefits, the reformed scheme percentage value,
under Article 26(2) the 1999 Order on the valuation day if all of the remediable relevant benefits had been secured in the legacy scheme;
an amount to be transferred from both the legacy scheme and the reformed scheme, the amount equal to the implied percentage of the cash equivalent of the remediable relevant benefits on the valuation day determined as if all the remediable relevant benefits had been secured in the legacy scheme;
“reformed scheme amount” means, where the initial amount was determined under Article 26(2) of the 1999 Order in relation to—
a percentage value to be transferred from both the legacy scheme and the reformed scheme, the amount that would have been determined applying—
in relation to pre-taper date remediable relevant benefits, the legacy scheme percentage value, and
in relation to post-taper date remediable relevant benefits, the reformed scheme percentage value,
under Article 26(2) of the 1999 Order on the valuation day if all of the remediable relevant benefits had been secured in the reformed scheme;
an amount to be transferred from both the legacy scheme and the reformed scheme, the amount equal to the implied percentage of the cash equivalent of the remediable relevant benefits on the valuation day determined as if all the remediable relevant benefits had been secured in the reformed scheme.
(3) In this regulation—
“implied percentage”, in relation to the value of benefits under a police pension scheme, means the percentage that an initial amount determined under Article 26(3) of the 1999 Order represented of the cash equivalent of the remediable relevant benefits under that scheme on valuation day;
“legacy scheme percentage value” means the percentage value specified in a relevant pension sharing order in relation to D’s legacy scheme for the purpose of determining an amount under Article 26(2) of the 1999 Order;
“post-taper date remediable relevant benefits” means remediable relevant benefits to which a corresponding pension debit member (“D”) is entitled by virtue of remediable shareable rights secured by virtue of D’s remediable police service after D’s tapered protection closing date;
“pre-taper date remediable relevant benefits” means remediable relevant benefits to which D is entitled by virtue of remediable shareable rights secured by virtue of D’s remediable police service on or before D’s tapered protection closing date;
“reformed scheme percentage value” means the percentage value specified in a relevant pension sharing order in relation to the reformed scheme for the purpose of determining an amount under Article 26(2) of the 1999 Order;
“relevant percentage value” means—
where the relevant pension sharing order specifies a percentage value in relation to only the initial scheme for the purpose of determining an amount under Article 26(2) of the 1999 Order, that percentage value;
otherwise, the percentage value that is specified in relation to the alternative scheme;
“tapered protection closing date”, in relation to D, has the meaning given in paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the 2015 Regulations.
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