EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make miscellaneous amendments to the Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
These Regulations come into force on 21st December 2017 but regulations 3(a) and 16 have effect from 1st April 2015.
Regulations 4 to 9 make provision for automatic enrolment and scheme membership, including exceptions from the duty to enrol certain officers.
Regulation 12 provides that where an officer has transferred from another UK police pension scheme and retires before normal pension age, the actuarial reduction that will apply to the proportion of accrued pension earned transferred will be subject to the actuarial reduction in the other UK police pension scheme.
Regulations 13 and 14 clarify administrative procedure when an ill-health pension ceases to become payable.
Regulation 15 substitutes the meaning of “surviving adult partner” to remove the requirement for the scheme manager to have a written declaration when determining a surviving adult partner’s eligibility for a for a surviving adult pension.
Regulations 3(b), 10, 17, 18 and 20 make provision for shared parental leave.
Regulations 3(a), 11, 16 and 19 correct minor errors.