http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/156/part/I/madeThe Police (Injury Benefit) Regulations 1987PoliceDeath in serviceKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2011-07-04POLICE These Regulations make provision for enhanced benefits in case of death or total disablement resulting from an injury received by a member of a police force in the execution of his duty. The benefit is in the form of a gratuity payable, in the case of death, to the widow, child or dependent relative of the member and, in the case of disablement, to the member himself. The gratuity is to be abated by the amount of any gratuity under Regulation 20, 21, 22, 28, 39 or 43, as the case may be, of the Police Pensions Regulations 1973 (the principal Regulations) and by the amount of any damages or compensation recovered in respect of the death or disability in question. PART I PRELIMINARY Citation 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Police (Injury Benefit) Regulations 1987. Commencement 2 These Regulations shall come into force on 17th March 1987 and shall have effect as from 25th November 1982. Interpretation 3 1 Subject to the following provisions of these Regulations, these Regulations shall be construed as one with the Police Pensions Regulations 1973 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Regulations”). 2 Without prejudice to paragraph (1)— a in these Regulations— i “taxable allowances” includes all taxable allowances payable by virtue of regulations from time to time in force under section 33 of the Police Act 1964 or section 26 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967; ii “total remuneration”, in relation to a member of a police force, means the sum of his pensionable pay and taxable allowances payable to him; iii notwithstanding Regulation 13(3) of the principal Regulations, “totally disabled” means incapable by reason of the disablement in question of earning any money in any employment and “total disablement” shall be construed accordingly; and b in the case of a person who is totally disabled, Regulation 13(1) of the principal Regulations shall have effect, for the purposes of these Regulations, as if the reference to “that disablement being likely to be permanent” were a reference to the total disablement of that person being likely to be permanent. S.I. 1973/428; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1978/1348, 1983/996, 1985/156, 1986/1379. 1964 c. 48. 1967 c. 77.
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