Police Pensions Act 1976

SCHEDULES

Section 3(3).

SCHEDULE 1 E+W+S Pensions Under Repealed Enactments

Pensions excluded from the operation of regulations under this Act E+W+S

1 (1) Nothing in regulations made under section 1 of this Act shall— E+W+S

(a) affect any pension granted by virtue of section 4(3) of the M1 Police and Firemen (War Service) Act 1939, if the period (or last period, if more than one) which, by virtue of section 2(1) of that Act, is treated as a period of approved service in the case of the person in question, ended before 5th July 1948; or

(b) apply to any pension to or in respect of a person to whom the M2 National Fire Service (Preservation of Pensions) (Police Firemen) Regulations 1941 apply; or

(c) apply to any pension to any person who, having formerly been a member of a police force, was on 5th July 1948 serving in any capacity mentioned in section 10(1)(i) of the M3 Police Pensions Act 1921, and has not since and does not after the passing of this Act again become a member of a police force.

(2) Except so far as relates to the forfeiture of any such pension as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above, nothing in this Act shall be taken as affecting the application in relation to any such pension of the pensions enactments applicable thereto immediately before the passing of this Act.

Marginal Citations

M1 1939 c. 103.

M2 S.I. 1941/1271.

M3 1921 c. 31.

Forfeiture of pensions under repealed enactments E+W+S

2 (1) Every pension (whether described as a pension or as an allowance) granted under any of the enactments specified in paragraph 3(1) below (which reproduces so far as relevant Part I of Schedule 1 to the M4 Police Pensions Act 1948) shall be deemed to have been granted only upon condition that it may be forfeited by the [F1 pension supervising authority] in any of the cases mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below. E+W+S

(2) The cases referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above are any of the following, that is to say, if the grantee—

(a) is convicted of any offence and is sentenced to preventive detention or corrective training or to imprisonment for a term exceeding twelve months; or

(b) enters into or continues to carry on any business, occupation or employment which is illegal, or in which the grantee has made use of the fact of former employment in a police force in a manner which is discreditable or improper; or

(c) supplies to any person or publishes in a manner which is discreditable or improper any information which the grantee had obtained in the course of employment in a police force; or

(d) solicits or, without the consent of the [F1 pension supervising authority], accepts directly or indirectly any testimonial or gift having any pecuniary value on retirement from the police force or otherwise in connnection with his service in a police force; or

(e) enters into or continues in any business, occupation or employment as a private detective, after the [F1 pension supervising authority] have given him notice in writing requiring him on any reasonable grounds not to do so.

(3) A pension shall not be forfeited under sub-paragraph (2)(b) above unless reasonable warning has previously been given in writing by the [F1 pension supervising authority].

(4) A forfeiture under this paragraph may affect the pension wholly or in part, and may be permanent or temporary as the [F1 pension supervising authority] may determine.

(5) Without prejudice to the validity of any forfeiture before the passing of this Act, a pension to which this paragraph applies shall not be capable of being forfeited otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph.

(6) This paragraph shall apply in relation to the rules and regulations specified in sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 3 below (which reproduces so far as relevant Part II of Schedule 1 to the M5 Police Pensions Act 1948) as it applies in relation to the enactments specified in sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph, subject, however, to any necessary adaptations.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 1 para. 2 substituted (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 133; S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1

Marginal Citations

M4 1948 c. 24.

M5 1948 c. 24

3 (1) The enactments referred to in paragraph 2(1) above are— E+W+S

The M6 Metropolitan Police Act 1829;

The M7 County and Borough Police Act 1859;

The M8 Police Superannuation Act 1865;

The M9 Police (Pensions) Act 1918;

The M10 Police Pensions Act 1921;

The M11 Police and Firemen (War Service) Act 1939;

The M12 Police (Overseas Service) Act 1945;

The M13 Police Act 1946;

The M14 Police (Scotland) Act 1946.

(2) The rules and regulations referred to in paragraph 2(6) above are—

The Women’s Auxiliary Police Corps Rules 1945;

The Women’s Auxiliary Police Corps (Scotland) Rules 1945;

The Police (Overseas Service) (Germany) Regulations 1947;

The Police (Overseas Service) (Austria) Regulations 1947;

The Police (Overseas Service) (Greece) Regulations 1948.

Marginal Citations

M6 1829 c. 44.

M7 1859 c. 32.

M8 1865 c. 35.

M9 1918 c. 51.

M10 1921 c. 31.

M11 1939 c. 103.

M12 1945 c. 17 (9 & 10 Geo. 6).

M13 1946 c. 46.

M14 1946 c. 71.

4 (1) If any person is aggrieved by the forfeiture under paragraph 2 above of any pension granted to him under any of the enactments specified in paragraph 3(1) above, he may appeal to the Crown Court and that Court, after enquiring into the case, may make such order in the matter as appears to the Court to be just. E+W+S

(2) In the application of sub-paragraph (1) above to Scotland, for the reference therein to the Crown Court there shall be substituted a reference to the sheriff having jurisdiction in the place where the person concerned last served as a member of a police force.

Section 13(1).

SCHEDULE 2 E+W+S Consequential Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of Sch. 2 paras. 2–6 and 8–11 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and except as specified does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

[F2 1 E+W+S The reference in section 2(1) of the M15 Police (Overseas Service) Act 1945 to a pension, allowance or gratuity becoming payable to a person out of moneys provided by Parliament by virtue of regulations made under that Act shall be construed as including a reference to a pension (as defined for the purposes of this Act) payable by virtue of regulations made under this Act, being a pension which becomes payable in such circumstances as may be specified for the purposes of this paragraph by the last mentioned regulations.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 2 para. 1 repealed (1.4.1995 so far as extending to Scotland and otherwiseprosp.) by 1994 c. 29, s. 93, Sch. 9 Pt. I; S.I. 1995/492, art. 2, Sch. 1

Marginal Citations

M15 1945 c. 17 (9 & 10 Geo. 6)

2 E+W+S In section 63 of the M16 Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951, for the words from “Police Pensions Act 1948” to “of this Act” there shall be substituted the words “Police Pensions Act 1976”.

Marginal Citations

M16 1951 c. 65.

3 E+W+S In section 1 of the M17 Police Pensions Act 1961—

(a) in subsection (2), for the words “the said section one” in the first place where they occur there shall be substituted the words “section one of the Police Pensions Act 1976” and

(b) in subsection (3), for the words from the beginning to “principal” in the second place where it occurs there shall be substituted the words “Subsection (4) of section 2 of the said Act of 1976 (which provides for regulations not to be invalid by reason only of their failure to secure the results specified in subsections (2) and (3) of that section but requires their amendment to secure those results) shall have effect as if the reference to the said subsections (2) and (3) included a reference to subsection (2) of this section and as if the references to regulations or amending regulations under section one of that”.

Marginal Citations

M17 1961 c. 35.

4 E+W+S In section 2 of the Police Pensions Act 1961—

(a) in subsection (1), the words from “and this” to the end shall be omitted; and

(b) in subsection (2), the words from the beginning to “in Northern Ireland” shall be omitted.

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Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 2 para. 5 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 16, ss. 103, 104(1), Sch. 9 Pt. I

6 E+W+S In the M18 Police (Scotland) Act 1967—

(a) for the words “Police Pensions Act 1948”[F4 in section 38(1); and

(b) for those words] in both places where they occur in subsection (4) of section 23 (as substituted by section 146(8) of the M19 Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973) ; there shall be substituted the words “Police Pensions Act 1976”.

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in Sch. 2 para. 6 repealed (1.4.1995 so far as extending to Scotland and otherwiseprosp.) by virtue of 1994 c. 29, ss. 93, 94(3)(c), Sch. 9 Pt. I; S.I. 1995/492, art. 2, Sch. 1

Marginal Citations

M18 1967 c. 77.

M19 1973 c. 65.

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Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 2 para.7 repealed by Police Negotiating Board Act 1980 (c. 10, SIF 95), s. 3(3)(c)

8 E+W+S In Schedule 2 to the M20 Pensions (Increase) Act 1971—

(a) in paragraph 15, for the words “Police Pensions Act 1948” there shall be substituted the words “Police Pensions Act 1976”; and

(b) in paragraph 43, for the words from the beginning of subparagraph (a) to “that Act” there shall be substituted the words “the Police Pensions Act 1976, or any enactment repealed by the Police Pensions Act 1948”.

Marginal Citations

M20 1971 c. 56.

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Textual Amendments

F6 Para. 9 repealed (1.10.1992) by Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (c. 53), ss. 18(2), 19(2), Sch. 4, Pt.I

10 E+W+S In section 24(1)(a) of the M21 Superannuation Act 1972, for the words “Police Pensions Act 1948” there shall be substituted the words “Police Pensions Act 1976”.

Marginal Citations

M21 1972 c. 11.

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Textual Amendments

F7 Sch. 2 para. 11 repealed (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, ss. 164, 188, Sch. 5 Pt.I; S.I. 1994/86, art. 2

Section 13(2).

SCHEDULE 3 E+W+S ENACTMENTS REPEALED

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 The text of Sch. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Chapter	Short title	Extent of repeal
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 24.	The Police Pensions Act 1948.	The whole Act.
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58.	The Criminal Justice Act 1948.	In Schedule 9, the entry relating to the Police Pensions Act 1948.
12,13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 94.	The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949.	In Schedule 11, the entry relating to the Police Pensions Act 1948.
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 65.	The Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951.	Section 43.
		In section 44(1), the words from “and any regulations” to “police force”.
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 14.	The Overseas Service Act 1958.	Section 5(3).
		Schedule 2.
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 35.	The Police Pensions Act 1961.	Section 1(1) and (4).
		In section 2, in subsection (1) the words from “and this” to the end, and in subsection (2) the words from the beginning to “in Northern Ireland”.
1964 c. 48.	The Police Act 1964.	Section 40.
		Section 43(4).
		Schedule 6.
		In Schedule 9, the entries relating to the Police Pensions Act 1948.
1967 c. 28.	The Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967.	Section 11(7).
1967 c. 77.	The Police (Scotland) Act 1967.	Section 35.
		Section 38(4).
		In Schedule 4, the entry relating to the Police Pensions Act 1948.
1969 c. 63.	The Police Act 1969.	In section 4(5), the words preceding paragraph (a).
1972 c. 11.	The Superannuation Act 1972.	In section 15, subsections (1) to (4) and in subsection (5), paragraph (a).
		In Schedule 6, paragraph 23.