The Police Pensions Regulations 1987

Chief constable affected by local government re-organisation or an amalgamation scheme under the Police Act 1964

6.—(1) This paragraph shall apply in the case of a chief constable of a police force who becomes or has become a member of another force (“the successor force”) by virtue of an order mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) and section 58(1) of the Police Act 1964(1).

(2) In relation to such a member of a police force who suffers loss of office as such which is attributable to the provisions of an order mentioned in sub-paragraph (4)—

(a) these Regulations shall apply as though he had retired from the successor force, having given to the police authority 3 months' written notice of his intention to retire;

(b) where he becomes a member of another police force on or before the end of his resettlement period, Regulation F2 shall apply as though he had become a member of that other force immediately after ceasing to be a member of the successor force, and

(c) where he was serving as a chief constable on 1st July 1964, Regulation B1 shall apply as though paragraph (2)(b) thereof were omitted and, for the purposes of Regulation B2(1) and B7(4)(b), he shall be treated as though he had retired in the circumstances mentioned in Regulation B2(1)(a).

(3) In relation to such a member of a police force as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) who suffers reduction in rank attributable to the provisions of an order mentioned in sub-paragraph (4), Regulation A18 shall apply as though he had not suffered such reduction in rank, unless he elects otherwise in writing to the police authority.

(4) Any reference in this paragraph to an order mentioned in this sub-paragraph is a reference to an order under Part I of the Police Act 1964 or Part II of the Local Government Act 1958(2); and the reference in sub-paragraph (2)(b) to a person’s resettlement period is a reference to the period of 13 weeks next succeeding the week in which he ceased to be a member of the successor force or, in the case of a person who has attained the age of 45 years, the said 13 weeks extended by an additional week for every year of his age after attaining the age of 45 years and before he ceased to be a member of that force, subject to a maximum extension of 13 such weeks.

(1)

1964 c. 48.

(2)

1958 c. 55.