The Police Pensions (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2020

Amendments to regulation G6

4.  In regulation G6 (payments by women to enhance widowers’ awards)(1)—

(a) after paragraph (1A) insert—

“(1B) But an election under this regulation which is made by virtue of the amendments to these Regulations by the Police Pensions (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 may secure the counting of pensionable service before 6th April 1988 irrespective of whether an election to which paragraph (1A) applies was previously made.”,

(b) in paragraph (3)—

(i) omit the “or” at the end of sub-paragraph (g), and

(ii) at the end of the paragraph insert—

“; or

(i) in the case of a woman who was entitled to make an election under paragraph (1) and to whom at least one of sub-paragraphs (e) to (h) applies, who elects to secure the counting of pensionable service before 6th April 1988 (not being service which is already the subject of an election to enhance her surviving spouse or surviving civil partner award), the date on which the Police Pensions (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 come into force.”,

(c) in paragraph (4A), for “or (h)” substitute “, (h) or (i)”.

(1)

Relevant amendments to regulation G6 were made by regulation 2 of S.S.I. 2003/406, regulation 2 of S.S.I. 2006/285, regulation 20 of S.S.I. 2010/85, and regulation 9 of S.S.I. 2016/75; there are other amendments not relevant to this instrument.