The Police and Firefighters’ Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2018

Abatement of certain gratuities in respect of gratuities otherwise payable

14.  In regulation 22 (abatement of certain gratuities in respect of gratuities otherwise payable)(1)—

(a) in paragraph (1) omit “or, as the case may be, regulation 44 or 45 of the 2006 Regulations”;

(b) in paragraph (2)(a)(i)—

(i) after “above or” insert “any gratuities paid”, and

(ii) for “as the case may be, regulation 44 or 45 of the 2006 Regulations” substitute “ regulation 44 or 45 of the 2006 Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 165 or 166 of the 2015 Regulations”;

(c) at the end of paragraph (2)(a)(ii) add “and” and after that insert—

“(iii) any lump sum death grant paid under regulation 156 of the 2015 Regulations;”;

(d) for paragraph (2)(b)(ii)(C), substitute—

“(C) the deceased officer’s average pensionable pay was greater than 2¼ times the annual amount of the ill-health pension which would have been payable—

(aa) under regulation B3 of the 1987 Regulations to the deceased officer if that officer had retired on the grounds of permanent disability on the day on which that officer had died (whether or not it was in fact greater), or

(ab) under regulation 29 of the 2006 Regulations if, on the date of the member’s death, the member had retired meeting the criteria for a standard ill-health pension and an enhanced ill-health top up pension (whether or not it was in fact greater),

(ac) under regulation 102(3)(b) of the 2015 Regulations if, on the date of the member’s death, the member had retired meeting the upper tier threshold for payment of an ill-health pension under regulation 101(2) (payment thresholds) of those Regulations (whether or not it was in fact greater);” and

(e) in paragraph (2)(c), for “or, as the case may be, regulation 44 of the 2006 Regulations” substitute, “, regulation 44 of the 2006 Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 165 or 166 of the 2015 Regulations”.

(1)

Paragraphs (1) and (2) were amended by S.I. 2006/3415.