The Police Pensions Regulations 1987

Transfer values payable between police authorities

F8.—(1) This Regulation shall apply where a regular policeman—

(a) by reason of previous service in a police force becomes entitled to reckon pensionable service either—

(i) by virtue of Regulation F3(1)(a), or

(ii) by virtue of Regulation F5 in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (2) of that Regulation (including that paragraph as it has effect by virtue of paragraph (3) thereof), or

(b) has left a police force and joined the Royal Ulster Constabulary with such consent as is mentioned in Regulation A17(2) and the police authority for Northern Ireland are contingently liable to make payments to or in respect of him under the Royal Ulster Constabulary pensions legislation;

and in this Regulation any reference to the former force or police authority is a reference to the police force mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or, as the case may be, sub-paragraph (b) or the police authority of that force and any reference to the current police authority is a reference to the police authority of the force of which the regular policeman is a member, or, as the case may be, to the police authority for Northern Ireland.

(2) Where this Regulation applies the former police authority shall pay to the current police authority a transfer value calculated in accordance with Sections 1 and 3 of Part II of Schedule F:

• Provided that where the current police authority exercise their discretion under Regulation F5(2)(a) to permit the reckoning as pensionable service of part only of the period mentioned therein, only the corresponding proportion of the transfer value calculated as aforesaid shall be payable.

(3) Where this Regulation applies and the person concerned was entitled to an award on retiring from his former force but has received no payment in respect thereof, he shall cease to be so entitled.

(4) Paragraph (2) has effect subject to paragraph 1(2) of Part V of Schedule J.