The Police Pensions (Pension Sharing) Regulations 2002

13.  In Schedule A (glossary of expressions) there shall be inserted in the appropriate places in alphabetical order the following definitions:

““The 1993 Act”	The Pension Schemes Act 1993(1).
“The 1999 Act”	The Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999.
“Normal benefit age”	The age of 60.
“Pension credit”	A credit under section 29(1)(b) of the 1999 Act, including a credit under corresponding Northern Ireland legislation.
“Pension credit benefit”	Construe in accordance with section 101B of the 1993 Act(2).
“Pension credit member”	Construe in accordance with section 124(1) of the Pensions Act 1995(3).
“Pension credit rights”	Construe in accordance with section 101B of the 1993 Act.
“Pension debit”	A debit under section 29(1)(a) of the 1999 Act.
“Pension debit member”	A person whose benefits or future benefits under these Regulations have been reduced under section 31 of the 1999 Act.
“Pension sharing order”	An order or provision mentioned in section 28(1) of the 1999 Act.
“Relevant police authority”	Construe in accordance with regulation L1(4).”

(1)

1993 c. 48.

(2)

Section 101B is inserted by section 37 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999.

(3)

The definition of “pension credit member” is inserted by paragraph 61(3) of Schedule 12 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999.