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The Police Pensions Regulations 2006

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and extent

    2. 2.Meaning of certain expressions and references - general provision

    3. 3.Meaning of certain expressions in relation to persons who are not members of a home police force

    4. 4.Disablement

    5. 5.Transfers

  3. PART 2 ELIGIBILITY FOR PENSION AWARDS, PENSIONABLE SERVICE AND RETIREMENT

    1. 6.Application of Regulations

    2. 7.Pension contributions payable by regular police officers

    3. 8.Eligibility for pension awards payable on the ground of permanent disablement

    4. 9.Election not to pay pension contributions

    5. 10.Reckoning of pensionable service

    6. 11.Current service

    7. 12.Previous service reckonable without payment

    8. 13.Previous service reckonable on payment

    9. 14.Reckoning of part-time service

    10. 15.Service reckonable by reason of transfer value

    11. 16.Reckoning of service for purposes of awards

    12. 17.Retirement

    13. 18.Voluntary retirement

    14. 19.Compulsory retirement on account of age

    15. 20.Compulsory retirement on grounds of efficiency of the force

    16. 21.Compulsory retirement on the ground of disablement

    17. 22.Effective date of retirement

  4. PART 3 PENSIONABLE PAY AND CONTRIBUTIONS

    1. 23.Pensionable pay

    2. 24.Final pensionable pay

    3. 25.Average pensionable pay

    4. 26.Aggregate pension contributions for purposes of repayment

  5. PART 4 PENSION AWARDS

    1. 27.Police officer’s ordinary pension

    2. 28.Calculation of ordinary pension

    3. 29.Police officer’s ill-health pension

    4. 30.Calculation of standard ill-health pension

    5. 31.Calculation of enhanced top-up ill-health pension

    6. 32.Police officer’s deferred pension

    7. 33.Early payment of deferred pension subject to actuarial reduction

    8. 34.Repayment of aggregate pension contributions

    9. 35.Deductions from awards under regulation 9(4) or 34

    10. 36.Pension debit members – personal awards

    11. 37.Exchange of lump sum for additional periodical payments

    12. 38.Commutation of small pension for lump sum

    13. 39.Survivors’ pensions - general provision

    14. 40.Survivors

    15. 41.Calculation of adult survivors’ pensions

    16. 42.Calculation of child survivors’ pensions

    17. 43.Guaranteed minimum pension for the purposes of the Pension Schemes Act 1993

    18. 44.Death gratuities - dependants

    19. 45.Death gratuity - estate

    20. 46.Lump sum death grant

    21. 47.Nomination for lump sum death grant

    22. 48.Pension debit members – awards on death

    23. 49.Prevention of duplication

    24. 50.Increase of awards by reference to the Pensions (Increase) Acts

    25. 51.Review and cancellation of pensions payable on the ground of permanent disablement

    26. 52.Withdrawal of pension during service as a regular police officer

    27. 53.Reduction of pension in case of default

    28. 54.Withdrawal of early payment of deferred pension

    29. 55.Forfeiture of pension

  6. PART 5 PURCHASE OF INCREASED BENEFITS

    1. 56.Election to purchase increased benefits

    2. 57.Acceptance and effect of elections

    3. 58.Lump sum payments

    4. 59.Payment by periodical contributions

    5. 60.Reckoning of increased benefits

  7. PART 6 PENSION SHARING: PENSION CREDIT MEMBERS

    1. 61.Pension credit member’s entitlement to pension

    2. 62.Commutation of the pension credit benefit on the ground of serious ill-health

    3. 63.Death grants where pension credit member dies before pension credit benefits payable

    4. 64.Application of general regulations

  8. PART 7 MEDICAL QUESTIONS AND APPEALS

    1. 65.Eligibility for awards - general

    2. 66.Appeal by a member of a home police force

    3. 67.Appeal by inspector of constabulary or police officer engaged on relevant service

    4. 68.Limitations on appeals

    5. 69.Reference to selected medical practitioner - eligibility for pension awards payable on the ground of permanent disablement

    6. 70.Appeals against decisions on eligibility for pension awards payable on the ground of permanent disablement

    7. 71.Reference of medical questions - permanent disablement

    8. 72.Appeal to board of medical referees

    9. 73.Further reference to medical authority

    10. 74.Procedure and costs on appeals under regulation 72

    11. 75.Refusal to be medically examined

  9. PART 8 TRANSFER VALUES, PAYMENT, ETC

    1. 76.Interpretation

    2. 77.Certificates of pensionable service

    3. 78.Transfer values payable on leaving the police service or ceasing to make pension contributions

    4. 79.Prohibition on accepting or paying transfer values for pension credit rights

    5. 80.Mis-sold pensions

    6. 81.Authorities responsible for payment of awards

    7. 82.Payment and duration of awards

    8. 83.Payment of awards otherwise than to beneficiary and application of payments

    9. 84.Payment on behalf of officers of lifetime allowance charge

    10. 85.Reduction of benefits where lifetime allowance charge payable

  10. PART 9 SPECIAL CASES

    1. 86.Alterations in police areas

    2. 87.Chief officers of police affected by alterations in police areas

    3. 88.Interpretation

    4. 89.Awards to servicemen

    5. 90.Survivors’ awards on death of servicemen

    6. 91.Prevention of duplication

    7. 92.Application of regulations 44, 45 and 46

    8. 93.Servicemen who do not resume service in their former force

    9. 94.Pensionable service and pension contributions

    10. 95.Former members of a Scottish police force or the Police Service of Northern Ireland

    11. 96.Transfer of regular police officer to a Scottish police force or the Police Service of Northern Ireland

    12. 97.Amendment of the Police (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006

  11. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      GLOSSARY OF EXPRESSIONS

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      APPLICATION OF REGULATIONS TO OFFICERS TO WHOM REGULATION 6(2) AND (3) APPLIES

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      TRANSFER ELECTIONS UNDER REGULATION 6(8)

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      PROGRESSIVE MEDICAL CONDITIONS

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      AMENDMENT OF THE POLICE (INJURY BENEFIT) REGULATIONS 2006

  13. Explanatory Note

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