Amendment of the Police Pensions Regulations 19875
After regulation N3 (payments), insert–
Authorisation of payment of GMP-related paymentsN4
1
The relevant police authority may pay GMP-related payments to–
a
a person to whom this Part applies; and
b
a deceased entitled member.
2
Where a relevant police authority has paid GMP-related payments before 6th April 2009, the authority may not recover those payments after 6th April 2009.
3
In this regulation, a deceased entitled member is a person who–
a
at the date of his death was entitled to a pension under the scheme;
b
at that date was entitled to a guaranteed minimum pension; and
c
has in any tax year since entitlement to the guaranteed minimum pension commenced received a GMP-related payment.