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The Police Pensions Regulations 1987

11.  In regulation B1 (policeman’s ordinary pension)–

(a)for paragraph (2), substitute–

(2) Except in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (3), this Regulation shall not apply to a regular policeman where–

(a)he is of the rank of superintendent or below, and he retires or has retired without having given to the police authority a month’s written notice of his intention to retire or such shorter notice as may have been accepted by the police authority; or

(b)he is of a rank above superintendent, and he retires or has retired without having given to the police authority three months' written notice of his intention to retire or such shorter notice as may have been accepted by the police authority.;

(b)for paragraphs 3(b) and (ba), substitute–

(b)being a regular policeman who has been appointed for a fixed term under regulation 11 of the Police (Scotland) Regulations 2004(1), he retires or has retired at the end of that appointment, or if such a term has been extended, at the expiry of the extension.;

(c)after paragraph (3)(c) insert–

(ca)being a specified employee of SOCA, he retires or has retired having given to SOCA notice of such period as required by his contract of employment of his intention to retire or after such shorter period of notice as may be agreed between the specified employee of SOCA and SOCA, or

(cb)being a specified employee of SOCA, his contract of employment is or was terminated, or; and

(d)in paragraph (6)(b), for “paragraph (2)(a) or (3)(b)” substitute “paragraph (2) or (3)(ca)”.