The Police (Injury Benefit) Regulations 1987

PART II BENEFIT ON DISABLEMENT OR DEATH

Disablement gratuity

4.—(1) This Regulation shall apply to a person who—

(a) receives or received an injury without his own default in the execution of his duty, whether before, on or after 25th November 1982; and

(b) on or after that date ceases or has ceased to be a member of a police force; and

(c) on or after that date and within 12 months of so receiving that injury, becomes or became totally and permanently disabled as a result thereof.

(2) Subject to the following provisions of these Regulations, the police authority for the force in which a person to whom this Regulation applies last served shall pay to him a gratuity of an amount equal to whichever is the lesser of the following amounts, namely—

(a) five times the annual value of his pensionable pay on his last day of service as a member of a police force;

(b) the sum of four times his total remuneration during the 12 months ending with his last day of service as a member of a police force and the amount of his aggregate pension contributions in respect of the relevant period of service.

Death gratuity

5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this Regulation shall apply to a member of a police force who—

(a) receives or received an injury without his own default in the execution of his duty, whether before, on or after 25th November 1982; and

(b) was serving as such a member on or after that date; and

(c) within 12 months of so receiving that injury dies or has died as a result thereof.

(2) In the case of a person who had ceased to serve as a member of a police force before his death, this Regulation shall only apply to him if his death also occurred before any decision by a duly qualified medical practitioner under Regulation 71 of the principal Regulations that he was totally and permanently disabled as a result of that injury.

(3) Subject to the following provisions of these Regulations, where a member to whom this Regulation applies—

(a) leaves a widow (unless, by reason of Regulation 33(2) or 34 of the principal Regulations, she would not qualify for a special award under Regulation 28 thereof); or

(b) does not leave any such widow, but leaves a child (unless, by reason of Regulation 42 of the principal Regulations, that child would not qualify for a special allowance under Regulation 38 thereof); or

(c) does not leave any such widow or child, but leaves a dependent relative to whom a special pension may be paid under Regulation 36 of the principal Regulations,

the police authority shall pay to his widow or, as the case may be, to the child or dependent relative a gratuity of an amount equal to whichever is the lesser of the following amounts, namely—

(i) five times the annual value of his pensionable pay on his death or, if earlier, on his last day of service as a member of a police force;

(ii) the sum of four times his total remuneration during the 12 months ending with his death, or, if earlier, with his last day of service as a member of a police force and the amount of his aggregate pension contributions in respect of the relevant period of service.

(4) Where a member of a police force to whom this Regulation applies leaves two or more children or two or more dependent relatives, then the amount of the gratuity so payable shall be divided by the police authority among the children or dependent relatives (as the case may be) in their discretion.