In these Regulations—

• “PSPJOA 2022” means the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022;

• “the 1987 Regulations” means the Police Pensions Regulations 19873, and “the 1987 scheme” means the pension scheme established by those Regulations;

• “the 2006 Regulations” means the Police Pensions Regulations 20064, and “the 2006 scheme” means the pension scheme established by those Regulations;

• “the 2015 Regulations” means the Police Pensions Regulations 20155;

• “the PSP Directions 2022” means the Public Service Pensions (Exercise of Powers, Compensation and Information) Directions 20226;

• “deferred choice decision” has the meaning given in regulation 12(1);

• “deferred choice decision-maker” means the person who may make a deferred choice decision under regulation 12(2);

• “deferred choice member” means a member with remediable police service who, immediately before 1st October 2023, was—

  1. a

     an active or deferred member7 in relation to that service, and

  2. b

     is not a pensioner member8 in relation to that service;

• “eligible child” means, in relation to—

  1. a

     the 1987 scheme, a person in respect of whom a child’s allowance is payable under that scheme;

  2. b

     the 2006 scheme, a person in respect of whom a child survivor’s pension is payable under that scheme;

  3. c

     the reformed scheme, an eligible child within the meaning of regulation 144 of the 2015 Regulations;

• “end of the section 10 election period”, in relation to a deferred choice member, means the time determined in accordance with—

  1. a

     where the member is the deferred choice decision-maker, regulation 13(3)(b);

  2. b

     where a person other than the member is the deferred choice decision-maker, regulation 14(2)(b);

• “immediate choice decision” has the meaning given in regulation 8(1);

• “immediate choice decision-maker” means the person who may make an immediate choice decision under regulation 8(2);

• “immediate choice member” means a member with remediable police service who, immediately before 1st October 2023, was—

  1. a

     a pensioner member in relation to that service, or

  2. b

     a deceased member;

• the “legacy scheme”, in relation to a member, means whichever of the 1987 scheme or the 2006 scheme is the relevant Chapter 1 legacy scheme9 for the member, and “legacy scheme benefits” means benefits calculated in accordance with that scheme;

• “member” means an active, deferred, deceased or pensioner, but not a pension credit, member of a police pension scheme;

• “opted-out service election” has the meaning given in regulation 6(1);

• “police pension scheme” means the 1987 scheme, the 2006 scheme or the reformed scheme;

• the “reformed scheme” means the pension scheme established by the 2015 Regulations, and “reformed scheme benefits” means new scheme benefits10 under the reformed scheme;

• “remediable police service” means, in relation to a member, the member’s remediable service11 in an employment or office that is pensionable service12 under a police pension scheme;

• “remedy member” means a deferred choice member or an immediate choice member;

• “section 6 election” has the meaning given in regulation 8(1)(a);

• “section 10 election” has the meaning given in regulation 12(1)(a).

For the purposes of these Regulations, a reference in PSPJOA 2022 to section 2(1) of that Act coming into force is to be understood as a reference to that section coming into force in relation to members of a police pension scheme.

In these Regulations, a reference to a provision of the PSP Directions 2022 is a reference to that provision as amended from time to time.