Scottish Statutory Instruments

2006 No. 610

POLICE

The Police (Injury Benefit) (Scotland) Regulations 2006

Made

19th December 2006

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

21st December 2006

Coming into force

1st February 2007

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 of the Police Pensions Act 1976(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation with the Police Negotiating Board(2) for the United Kingdom, hereby make the following Regulations:

(1)

1976 (c. 35) (“the Act”); section 1 is amended by section 2(3) of the Police Negotiating Board Act 1980 (c. 10), section 103 and paragraph 28 of Schedule 7 to the Police Act 1996 (c. 16) and section 1(1) of the Police and Firemen’s Pensions Act 1997 (c. 52); section 7 is amended by paragraph 19 of Part II of Schedule 5 to the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29), paragraph 29 of Schedule 7 to the Police Act 1996, section 1(2) of the Police and Firemen’s Pensions Act 1997, section 78(2)(f) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (c. 32), section 126(1) of and paragraph 6(1) and (2) of Schedule 4 to the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16) and paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 3 to the International Development Act 2002 (c. 1). The functions of the Secretary of State under the Act as regards Scotland are transferred to the Scottish Ministers by article 2, Schedule 1 to S.I. 1999/1750. The consent of Treasury is not required in the exercise by the Scottish Ministers of the transferred functions by virtue of article 2, Schedule 1 to S.I. 1999/1750 and section 63 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

(2)

See section 2(3) of the Police Negotiating Board Act 1980 (c. 10) which substituted the Police Negotiating Board for the United Kingdom for the Police Council for the United Kingdom.