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1. These Regulations may be cited as the Police (Compensation) Regulations 1974 and shall come into operation on 30th May 1974.
2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the Act” means
“age of compulsory retirement” means,
“compensating authority” in relation to any person who suffers loss of office or loss or diminution of emoluments as a member of a police force as specified in Regulation 4, means
“compensation question” means
as to a person's entitlement to compensation for loss of office, or for loss or diminution of emoluments as a member of a police force; or
as to the manner of a person's employment or the comparability of his duties;
“emoluments”
“enactment” means
“existing authority”
“fund authority”, in relation to any person, means
“instrument”
“interchange rules” means
“local authority” means
the council of a county, county borough, borough (whether or not included in a rural district) and an urban or rural district; a county council and a district council described in section 2 or 21 of the Act; a parish council, a community council; a parish meeting, a representative body of a parish and a common parish council;
the council of a metropolitan borough or London borough, the Common Council of the City of London, the Greater London Council and the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
any burial board or joint burial board established under the Burial Acts 1852 to 1906;
any joint board or joint body constituted by or under any enactment for the purpose of exercising the functions of two or more authorities described in (a), (b) or (c) above;
any other authority or body, not specified in (a), (b), (c) or (d) above established by or under any enactment for the purpose of exercising the functions of or advising one or more of the authorities specified in (a), (b), (c) or (d) above;
any committee (including a joint committee) established by or under any enactment for the purpose of exercising the functions of, or advising, two or more authorities described in (a), (b), (c) or (d) above;
any two or more authorities described in (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) above acting jointly or as a combined authority;
a police authority for a county, a borough or a combined area;
“long-term compensation” means
“material date” means
in relation to any person affected by any provision of the Act, 1st April 1974 or the date on which the loss of office or loss or diminution of emoluments as a member of a police force occurred, whichever is the earlier;
in relation to a person affected by any provision of an instrument made under the Act, the date on which the instrument was made or, if some other date is specified therein, that other date;
“national service”, in relation to any person, means
“office”
“pensionable pay” and “average pensionable pay”
“pension scheme”, in relation to any person, means
“pensionable service”
“Police Pensions Regulations” means
“reckonable service”, in relation to any person, means
“relevant employment” means
under the Crown or by or under any person, authority or body for the purposes of the Crown or as a member of a police force;
under any officer employed as mentioned in (a) above for the purposes of the functions of that person, authority or body;
by any person, authority or body specified in the Schedule to these Regulations;
preceding any of the foregoing employment which was reckonable for the purposes of the Police Pensions Regulations; or
such other employment as the Secretary of State may, in the case of any named person, approve;
but, except for national service and war service, does not include service in the armed forces of the Crown;
“resettlement compensation” means
“retirement compensation” means
“tribunal” means
“war service” means
(2) The holder of any office, appointment, place, situation or employment shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, be regarded as an officer employed in that office, appointment, place, situation or employment, and the expressions “officer” and “employment”
(3) Where under any provision of these Regulations an annual value is to be assigned to a capital sum or a capital value to an annual amount, the annual or capital value shall be calculated by the Government Actuary.
(4) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, references to any enactment shall be construed as references thereto as amended, re-enacted, applied or modified by any subsequent enactment.
(5) References in these Regulations to a numbered Regulation shall, unless the reference is to a regulation of specified regulations, be construed as references to the Regulation bearing that number in these Regulations.
(6) References in any of these Regulations to a numbered paragraph shall, unless the reference is to a paragraph of a specified Regulation, be construed as references to the paragraph bearing that number in the first mentioned Regulation.
(7) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
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