Transfer of regular police officer to a Scottish police force or the Police Service of Northern Ireland
96.—(1) Where a regular police officer has left a home police force and joined a Scottish police force or the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the police authority of the Scottish police force in question or, as the case may be, the Northern Ireland Policing Board is contingently liable to make payments to him under the Scottish pensions legislation or, as the case may be, the Police Service of Northern Ireland pensions legislation, regulation 77(1), (2) and (4) shall have effect as if “the former police authority” were the police authority of the home police force in question and “the current authority” were the police authority of the Scottish police force in question or, as the case may be, the Northern Ireland Policing Board.
(2) On notification by the police authority of the Scottish police force in question or, as the case may be, the Northern Ireland Policing Board, that a certificate issued under regulation 77 as modified by paragraph (1) has been accepted, any entitlement of the regular police officer concerned to an award under these Regulations shall cease to have effect.
(3) In relation to a person to whom an ill-health pension is payable under Part 4, regulation 51(5) shall have effect as if the expression “another police force” included a Scottish police force or the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
(4) In relation to a person to whom a pension is payable under Part 4, regulation 52 shall have effect as if the expression “any police force” included a Scottish police force and the Police Service of Northern Ireland.