The Police and Firefighters’ Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2018

Police authority contributions

27.—(1) In regulation 5(1) (which relates to police pension authority contributions)(1)—

(a) for “24.2%” substitute “21.3%”; and

(b) for “or regulation 7(1) of the 2006 Regulations” substitute “, regulation 7(1) of the 2006 Regulations or regulation 171 of the 2015 Regulations”.

(2) In regulation 5(2)(b) for “or regulations 10 or 13 of the 2006 Regulations” substitute “, regulations 10 or 13 of the 2006 Regulations or regulations 173 or 177 of the 2015 Regulations”.

(3) In regulation 5(3)—

(a) for “Subject to paragraph (4)” substitute “Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5A)”; and

(b) for “or regulation 23 of the 2006 Regulations” substitute “, regulation 23 of the 2006 Regulations or regulation 33 of the 2015 Regulations”.

(4) After regulation 5(5) insert—

“(5A) Where an active member of the 2015 Scheme is taken by regulation 34 of the 2015 Regulations to have received earnings during a period of assumed pensionable pay, the pensionable pay for this regulation is the amount determined under regulation 34(1) of those Regulations.”.

(5) In regulation 5(6) for “or regulation 9(4) of the 2006 Regulations” substitute “, regulation 9(4) of the 2006 Regulations or regulation 176 of the 2015 Regulations”.

(6) After regulation 5(9) insert—

“(9A) Where an active member of the 2015 Scheme retires with an entitlement to an ill-health pension under regulation 102 of the 2015 Regulations, the police pension authority must transfer from the police fund into the police pension fund an amount equal to twice the final pay of the member concerned, calculated in accordance with regulation 159 of the 2015 Regulations.

(9B) Where a transition member of the 2015 Scheme retires with an entitlement to an ill-health pension under paragraph 23 of Schedule 4 to the 2015 Regulations, the police pension authority must transfer from the police fund into the police pension fund an amount equal to twice the final pay of the transition member concerned, calculated in accordance with regulation 159 of the 2015 Regulations.”.

(7) After regulation 5(10) insert—

“(11) In this regulation—

“active member of the 2015 scheme” means a person who is in pensionable service under the 2015 scheme; and

“transition member of the 2015 scheme” has the same meaning as in regulation 2 (interpretation) of the 2015 Regulations.”.

(1)

Regulation 5 was amended by S.I. 2008/1887 and S.I. 2011/3063.