The Police Pensions Regulations 1987

Regulations F4, F5 and F7

Part I Payment by Policeman in Respect of Previous Service other than Police Service

1.—(1) Where a regular policeman undertakes to pay a sum in accordance with this Part he shall, subject as hereafter in this Part provided, pay by regular instalments of such amount that the payment of the sum will be completed within a period of 5 years and before he becomes liable to be required to retire on account of age:

• Provided that he may at any time discharge his liability under the undertaking, in whole or in part, by paying the whole or part of the balance of the sum then outstanding.

(2) Any payment in accordance with this paragraph shall be made by the policeman to the police authority of the force in which he is serving when the payment falls to be made and, without prejudice to any other method of payment, the liability to make any such payment may be discharged by way of a deduction by the said authority from his pay.

2.  If, before he has discharged his liability under the undertaking, a regular policeman—

(a) retires without an award other than one of the amount of his aggregate pension contributions in respect of the relevant period of service;

(b) leaves his police force on joining the Royal Ulster Constabulary with the consent of the police authority;

(c) dies, or

(d) is dismissed,

all further liability under that undertaking shall cease.

3.  If, before he has discharged his liability under the undertaking, a regular policeman retires with an award other than one of the amount of his aggregate pension contributions in respect of the relevant period of service, the police authority by whom the award is payable shall be empowered to deduct the balance of the sum then outstanding from payments on account of the award:

Provided that where a payment is made on account of an ordinary or ill-health pension and in respect of a period beyond state pensionable age no deduction shall be made from so much of the payment as is on account of the secured portion of the pension.