The Police Pensions (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2019

Amendment of the Police (Injury Benefit) (Scotland) Regulations 2007

37.  In schedule 1 (glossary of expressions)—

(a) after the definition of “the 1987 Regulations” insert—

““the 1987 scheme” means the scheme constituted by the 1987 Regulations,

“1987 transition member” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of schedule 4 of the 2015 Regulations,”,

(b) after the definition of “the 2007 Regulations”(1) insert—

““the 2006 scheme” means the scheme constituted by the 2007 Regulations,

“2006 transition member” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of schedule 4 of the 2015 Regulations,

“the 2015 Regulations” means the Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015(2),

“the 2015 scheme” means the scheme constituted by the 2015 Regulations,”,

(c) in the definition of “aggregate pension contributions”, after “regulation 4(4)” insert “or 4A(8), as the case may be”,

(d) in the definition of “average pensionable pay”, after “regulation 4(2)” insert “or 4A(2)(b), as the case may be”,

(e) in the definition of “disablement”, after “regulation 7” insert “or 7A, as the case may be”,

(f) in the definition of “pensionable pay”, after “regulation 4(1)” insert “or 4A(2)(a), as the case may be”,

(g) after the definition of “the Pension (Increase) Acts” insert—

““period of eligible service under the 2015 scheme” in relation to a member of that scheme means a period in which the member is in eligible service as defined in regulation 12 of the 2015 Regulations other than a period in which the member is on—

(a)

a career break as defined in regulation 2 of the 2015 Regulations, or

(b)

any other period of unpaid leave that does not exceed 5 years and during which the employment relationship continues,

“period of pensionable service under the 2015 scheme” in relation to a member of that scheme means the total of—

(a)

any period of pensionable service(3),

(b)

any period of assumed pay as defined in regulation 25(2) of the 2015 Regulations, and

(c)

any period of eligible service under the 2015 scheme in respect of which the member had opted out of that scheme,”, and

(h) after the definition of “step child” insert—

““totally disabled” has the meaning given in regulation 7A(6),

“transition member with continuity of service” means—

(a)

a 1987 transition member with continuity of service within the meaning of paragraph 4 of schedule 4 of the 2015 Regulations, or

(b)

a 2006 transition member with continuity of service within the meaning of paragraph 5 of schedule 4 of the 2015 Regulations,”.

(1)

The definition of “the 2007 Regulations” was inserted by S.S.I. 2007/201.

(2)

S.S.I. 2015/142.

(3)

Pensionable service is defined by section 37 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013.