The Police Pensions Regulations 1987

Section 2— Local Government, Fire, Education and Health service

1.  This Section shall apply in relation to service or employment—

(a) such as is mentioned in section 2(2)(c), (cc), (d), (e) or (ee) of the Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1948;

(b) in respect of which awards may be made under the Firemen’s Pensions Scheme, that is to say, under the Scheme for the time being in force under section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947(1), or

(c) in respect of which awards may be made under Regulations for the time being in force under section 10 of the Superannuation Act 1972, section 67 of the National Health Service Act 1946(2), or section 66 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947(3).

2.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), in relation to the said service or employment the specified date for the purposes of Regulation F7 shall be 15th February 1971.

(2) Where in relation to a particular service or employment no provisions were in operation on 15th February 1971 for the payment of a transfer value to the police authority, as mentioned in Regulation F7(1)(d), then in relation thereto the specified date for the purposes of Regulation F7 shall be the date on which such provisions first thereafter came into operation.

3.  In relation to such service or employment as is mentioned in paragraph 1, the transfer value for the purposes of Regulation F7 shall be one payable under Rules made under sections 2 and 15 of the Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1948 or under Regulations made under section 67 of the National Health Service Act 1946, section 66 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947 or section 7, 8, 9 or 10 of the Superannuation Act 1972.

4.  The specified authority for the purposes of Regulation F7 shall be—

(a) in relation to such employment as is mentioned in section 2(2)(c), (cc) or (d) of the Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1948, the local authority maintaining the superannuation fund in the benefits of which the person concerned was entitled to participate;

(b) in relation to service in a fire brigade maintained by a local authority and in respect of which awards may be made under the Firemen’s Pension Scheme, the fire authority concerned;

(c) in relation to any other service or employment, the Secretary of State.

(1)

1947 c. 41.

(2)

1946 c. 81.

(3)

1947 c. 27.