The Police (Injury Benefit) (Scotland) Regulations 2007

Pensionable and average pensionable pay and aggregate pension contributions

4.—(1) For the purposes of calculating an award to or in respect of a member of a police force their pensionable pay shall be calculated in the same way as if the award were one payable under the 1987 Regulations(1), in accordance with regulation G1(1) and (1A) of those Regulations.

(2) For the purposes of calculating an award to or in respect of a member of a police force their average pensionable pay shall be calculated in the same way as if it were an award payable under the 1987 Regulations, in accordance with regulation G1(2) to (9) of those Regulations, and as if–

(a) the relevant date for the purposes of that regulation were the date of their last day of service as a regular police officer in the force of the police authority by whom the award is payable; and

(b) the provisions specified in paragraph 4(4) of Part VI of Schedule J to the 1987 Regulations included regulations 13(2) and (3), 14(2)(a) and 17(3) to (6) of, and paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of Schedule 5 to, these Regulations.

(3) For the purposes of an award calculated in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2), references in such provisions of the 1987 Regulations as are mentioned in those paragraphs to a person’s pensionable service shall in the case of a regular police officer who has made an election under regulation G4(1) of those Regulations include references to the pensionable service which would have been reckonable by that officer if they had not made such an election.

(4) For the purposes of calculating an award to or in respect of a regular police officer their aggregate pension contributions shall be calculated in the same way as if it were an award payable under the 1987 Regulations, in accordance with regulation A10 of those Regulations.

(1)

S.I. 1987/257; relevant amendments were made by S.I. 1988/1339, 1989/733, 1990/805, 1992/343 and 2349, 1994/641, 1996/867 and 1997/2852 and S.S.I. 2001/459, 2003/406, 2004/486, 2005/200 and 495 and 2006/285.