The Police Service of Northern Ireland (Pensions) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

PART 4 THE PSNI AND PSNI RESERVE (INJURY BENEFIT) REGULATIONS 2006

The PSNI and PSNI Reserve (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006

27.  The Police Service of Northern Ireland and Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006(1) are amended in accordance with the provisions of regulations 28 to 30.

Serious Organised Crime Agency: injury benefit

28.—(1) Regulation 2 (meaning of certain expressions and references — general provisions) is amended as follows.

(2) The existing words become paragraph (1).

(3) After that paragraph insert—

“(2) For the purposes of these Regulations a specified employee of SOCA shall be deemed to be a member, except where the context otherwise requires.

(3) In relation to a specified employee of SOCA—

(a) a reference in these regulations to the force shall be construed as a reference to SOCA;

(b) a reference in these regulations to the Board shall be construed as a reference to SOCA.”

Injury received by specified employee of SOCA

29.—(1) Regulation 5 (injury received in the execution of duty) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (2), at the end of sub-paragraph (c) insert—

“or

(d) being a specified employee of SOCA, he received the injury while exercising any of his powers outside the scope of his employment.”

(3) After paragraph (3) insert—

“(3A) In the case of a person who is a specified employee of SOCA, paragraphs (1) and (2) shall have effect as if references to duty, being on duty and the execution of duty were references to acting within the scope of his employment.

(3B) In paragraph (2)(d), “powers” means any of the powers or privileges that the specified employee of SOCA has, having been designated under section 43 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 as a person having the powers of a constable.”

Serious Organised Crime Agency: glossary of expressions for injury benefit

30.—(1) Schedule 1 (glossary of expressions) is amended as follows.

(2) In the definition of “police officer”, at the end of paragraph (b) insert—

“or

(c)

a specified employee of SOCA;”.

(3) After the definition of “the Scheme actuary” insert—

““specified employee of SOCA” means—

(a)

an employee of SOCA who immediately before he last became an employee of SOCA was serving as the Director General of the National Crime Squad;

(b)

an employee of SOCA who immediately before he last became an employee of SOCA was serving as a police member of the National Criminal Intelligence Service appointed under subsection (1)(b) of section 9 of the Police Act 1997 by virtue of subsection (2)(a) of that section;

(c)

an employee of SOCA who immediately before he last became an employee of SOCA was serving as a police member of the National Crime Squad appointed under subsection (1)(b) of section 55 of the Police Act 1997 by virtue of subsection (2)(a) of that section;”.

(1)

S.R. 2006 No. 268