The Police Pensions (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2011

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 put in place powers to allow the Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA) to appoint police members to work at the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA), either through secondment arrangements or through direct recruitment. The Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (Scotland) Regulations 2011 put in place the main regulatory framework that will apply to SCDEA directly recruited police members appointed by SPSA under paragraph 7(2)(c) of schedule 2 to the 2006 Act.

These Regulations amend the Police Pensions Regulations 1987, the Police Pensions Regulations (Scotland) 2007, the Police (Injury Benefit) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 and the Police Pension Account (Scotland) Regulations 2010. The principal changes will provide SCDEA directly recruited police members with access to the police pension and injury benefit schemes in line with regular police constables.

Other changes include amendments to recognise the National Policing Improvement Agency in the Scottish Police Pension and Injury Benefit Regulations and to allow officers on temporary service to retain their rights to the pension scheme and other technical amendments covering the service limits associated with transferring between the police pension schemes.