Qualifying for benefits on retirement under the existing police pension schemeN.I.
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37.—(1) determining whether a transition member with continuity of service qualifies for benefits on retirement under the existing police pension scheme, the member's pensionable service under the existing police pension scheme includes the total of—
(a)the member's continuous period of pensionable service under this scheme; and
(b)if a transfer payment has been received by this scheme in respect of a member's accrued rights under another occupational pension scheme, the member's pensionable service under that scheme.
(2) In calculating the member's continuous period of pensionable service under this scheme, a period of part-time service counts as if it were a period of full-time service.