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.