The Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 1996

Former police authority to provide certificate of the amount of pensionable service giving entitlement to pension

F8A.—(1) This regulation shall apply where, on or after 31st March 1996, a regular policeman—

(a) by reason of previous service in a police force becomes entitled to reckon pensionable service either—

(i) by virtue of regulation F3(1)(a), or

(ii) by virtue of regulation F5 in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (2) of that regulation (including that paragraph as it has effect by virtue of paragraph (3) thereof), or

(b) has left a police force and joined the Royal Ulster Constabulary with such consent as is mentioned in regulation A17(2) and the police authority for Northern Ireland are contingently liable to make payments to or in respect of him under the Royal Ulster Constabulary pensions legislation.

(2) Where this regulation applies the former police authority shall furnish the current police authority with a certificate stating—

(a) the amount of the pensionable service which the regular policeman to whom this regulation applies is entitled to reckon by reason of previous service in a police force, including such service reckonable under regulations F3 to F7,

(b) whether or not that policeman has, at the time of leaving service in the force maintained by the former police authority, made an election under regulation G4(1) (election not to pay pension contributions)(1).

(3) On the acceptance of a certificate under paragraph (2) by the current police authority, any entitlement of a regular policeman to whom this regulation applies to an award from the previous police authority shall cease to have effect.

(4) The former police authority shall furnish a regular policeman to whom this regulation applies with a copy of the certificate furnished under paragraph (2) together with a description of the effect of paragraph (3).

(5) In this regulation, “former police authority” and “current police authority” have the same meaning as in regulation F8.

(1)

Regulation G4 was inserted by S.I. 1990/805.