The Police Pensions (Contributions) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2013

Citation, commencement, and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police Pensions (Contributions) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2013.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st April 2013.

(3) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

Amendment of the Police Pensions Regulations 1987

2.—(1) Regulation G2 (pension contributions payable by regular policeman) of the Police Pensions Regulations 1987(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1)—

(a)omit “and regulation G2A”;

(b)for “police officer”, substitute “policeman”;

(c)in sub-paragraph (a), for “8.1” substitute “8.7”; and

(d)in sub-paragraph (b), for “11.6” substitute “12.2”.

(3) In paragraph (2)—

(a)omit “and regulation G2A”;

(b)in sub-paragraph (a), for “8.75” substitute “10”; and

(c)in sub-paragraph (b), for “12.25” substitute “13.5”.

(4) In paragraph (3)—

(a)omit “and regulation G2A”;

(b)in sub-paragraph (a), for “9” substitute “10.5”; and

(c)in sub-paragraph (b), for “12.5” substitute “14”.

Amendment of the Police Pensions (Scotland) Regulations 2007

3.—(1) Regulation 7 (pension contributions payable by regular police officers) of the Police Pensions (Scotland) Regulations 2007(2) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1)—

(a)omit “and regulation 7A”;

(b)in sub-paragraph (a), for “6.6” substitute “7.2”; and

(c)in sub-paragraph (b), for “10.1” substitute “10.7”.

(3) In paragraph (2)—

(a)omit “and regulation 7A”;

(b)in sub-paragraph (a), for “7” substitute “8”; and

(c)in sub-paragraph (b), for “10.5” substitute “11.5”.

(4) In paragraph (3)—

(a)omit “and regulation 7A”;

(b)in sub-paragraph (a), for “7.25” substitute “8.5”; and

(c)in sub-paragraph (b), for “10.75” substitute “12”.

JOHN SWINNEY

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

4th March 2013