The Police Service of Northern Ireland Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2006

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Police Service of Northern Ireland Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2006.

(2) These regulations come into operation on 1st April 2006 but regulation 2, in so far as it relates to paragraphs 4 to 9 of Schedule 1, and regulations 4 and 5 have effect from 1st July 1992.

Amendment of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions Regulations 1988

2.  The Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions Regulations 1988(1) are amended in accordance with Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

Amendment of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions (Purchase of Increased Benefits) Regulations 1988

3.  The Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions (Purchase of Increased Benefits) Regulations 1988(2) are amended in accordance with Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Interest on late payments

4.  Where all or part of a sum—

(a) becomes payable under the amendments contained in these Regulations on a date before the date on which these Regulations come into operation, and

(b) is not or was not paid within three months of the date it became payable,

the Board shall pay the amount or additional amount payable together with interest from the date that payment was due calculated at the rate of 5 per cent per year, compounded with yearly rests.

Commutation of late payments

5.  Any notice of commutation under regulation B7 of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions Regulations 1988 in respect of a sum which becomes payable—

(a) under the amendments contained in these Regulations, and

(b) before the date on which these Regulations come into operation,

shall be given within six months of the date on which these Regulations come into operation.

Peter Hain

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Northern Ireland Office

28th February 2006

We consent to the making of these Regulations

Vernon Coaker

Dave Watts

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

6th March 2006