SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Minor and consequential amendments relating to SOCA

Police Pensions Act 1976 (c. 35)

I229

The Police Pensions Act 1976 has effect subject to the following amendments.

I3C130

In section 7(2) (payment of pensions and contributions), at the beginning of each of paragraphs (ca) to (cd), insert “ an employee of SOCA and who immediately before he became an employee of SOCA was serving as ”.

I4C231

1

Section 11 (interpretation) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1), at the beginning of each of paragraphs (ba), (bb), (bc) and (bd), after “service” insert “ as an employee of SOCA by a person who immediately before he became an employee of SOCA was serving ”.

3

In subsection (2) for paragraphs (c) and (d) substitute—

c

in relation to any such service as is mentioned in paragraph (ba), (bb), (bc) or (bd) of subsection (1) or any service of the kind described in section 97(1)(cf) of the Police Act 1997 or section 38A(1)(bc) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967, it means SOCA;

4

In subsection (5), in the definition of “central service”—

a

in paragraph (a) omit “(ca), (cb),” and after “(cc)” insert “ , (cf) ”, and

b

in paragraph (b) for “(ba) or (bb)” substitute “ (bb) or (bc) ”.

5

After the definition of “pension rights” in that subsection add—

“SOCA” means the Serious Organised Crime Agency.

I132

Paragraphs 30 and 31 (and the corresponding entry in Schedule 17) do not affect the operation of the Police Pensions Act 1976 in relation to any person's service of any of the following kinds—

a

service as the Director General of the National Criminal Intelligence Service;

b

service as the Director General of the National Crime Squad;

c

service as a police member of the National Criminal Intelligence Service appointed under subsection (1)(b) of section 9 of the Police Act 1997 (c. 50) by virtue of subsection (2)(a) of that section;

d

service as a police member of the National Crime Squad appointed under subsection (1)(b) of section 55 of the Police Act 1997 by virtue of subsection (2)(a) of that section;

e

relevant service within paragraph (ca) or (cb) of section 97(1) of the Police Act 1996 (c. 16);

f

relevant service within section 38A(1)(ba) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77).