The Police Pensions (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2012

Amendments to the Police Pensions Regulations 2006

6.  In regulation 9 (election not to pay pension contributions)—

(a) In paragraph (2), after “paragraph (3)” insert “and (3A)”;

(b) after paragraph (3) insert—

“(3A) In the case of a regular police officer to whom paragraph (3) does not apply and who has given notice under paragraph (1) within three months of a relevant event, his election under that paragraph shall be deemed to have taken effect on the date of that event.

(3B) A relevant event for the purposes of paragraph (3A) is—

(a) the automatic enrolment date;

(b) an automatic re-enrolment date;

(c) the regular police officer exercising the right to opt in afforded by section 7 of the Pensions Act in accordance with the arrangements prescribed by the Automatic Enrolment Regulations.”;

(c) in paragraph (4), after “paragraph (3)” insert “or (3A)”;

(d) in paragraph (5), omit all the words after “the receipt of such notice”;

(e) after paragraph (5) insert—

“(6) An election made by a regular police officer under paragraph (1) shall, if it has not been cancelled under paragraph (5), be cancelled on the automatic enrolment date or (if that date has passed) on the next automatic re-enrolment date, and shall cease to have effect as from the date on which an instalment of pay next falls due to him after the date of cancellation.

(7) A written notice given under paragraph (1) or (5) shall be signed by the regular police officer or, where the notice is in electronic format, it shall include a statement confirming that the notice is given by the regular police officer personally.

(8) In this regulation—

“automatic enrolment date” has the meaning given by section 3(7) of the Pensions Act;

“automatic re-enrolment date” means a date determined in accordance with regulation 12 of the Automatic Enrolment Regulations;

“the Automatic Enrolment Regulations” means the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) Regulations 2010(1);

“the Pensions Act” means the Pensions Act 2008(2).”

(1)

S.I. 2010/772, as amended by S.I. 2012/215.

(2)

2008 c. 30.