11 Interpretation.

1

This Act shall have effect as if any reference (however expressed) to membership of a police force or to service or employment in a police force included a reference to—

F1a

service as an officer pursuant to an appointment under section 10 of the M1 Overseas Development and Co-operation Act 1980 F2 or an appointment made in connection with the provision by the Secretary of State of assistance under the International Development Act 2002 ;

aa

temporary service in accordance with arrangements made under F3section 26(2) of the Police Act 1996 or F66engaged on temporary service in pursuance of section 15 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 with any person engaged in activity outwith the United Kingdom ;

ab

service in the Royal Ulster Constabulary in respect of which the provisions of F4section 97 of the Police Act 1996F47... have effect;

b

service as an inspector or assistant inspector of constabulary appointed on or after 1st August 1964; and

F17ba

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F17bb

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F17bc

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F17bd

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F24be

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F70bf

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F15bg

service, by a person holding the office of constable, as a member of staff of the F57Disclosure and Barring Service;

F49bfa

any of the following kinds of temporary service by a constable of the Police Service of Scotland in pursuance of section 15 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012—

i

service as a member of the Scottish Police Authority’s staff in accordance with arrangements made under paragraph 7(1) of schedule 1 to the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012;

ii

service in accordance with section 72(1)(b) or 73(1)(b) of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 as an assistant inspector of constabulary or, as the case may be, as a staff officer of the inspectors of constabulary;

iii

service under the Crown in connection with research or other services connected with the police provided by the Scottish Ministers;

iv

service with the Scottish Ministers in connection with their functions under Part 5 or 8 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002;

v

service in accordance with arrangements made under paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 2 to the Police Reform Act 2002;

vi

service as a F40National Crime Agency officer ; or

vii

service in the Police Service of Northern Ireland;

bfb

service by a person (other than a constable of the Police Service of Scotland) as a member of the Scottish Police Authority’s staff in accordance with arrangements made under paragraph 7(1) of schedule 1 to the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 who, immediately before beginning such service, is or is eligible to be a member of a pension scheme provided for under section 1 above;

F28bh

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F28bi

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F48bj

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F48bk

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F56bh

service as the Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency;

F5c

central service in respect of which the provisions of section 97 of the Police Act 1996 F64... have effect.

F27ca

eligible service as a National Crime Agency officer.

F45d

service as a senior NCA officer;

F35e

service, by a person to whom section 100A of the Police Act 1996 applies, as a member of the staff of the College of Policing;

F372

In this Act—

  • “ police pension authority ” means—

    1. a

      the chief constable of any police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996;

    2. b

      the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis;

    3. c

      the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a police authority; and

    4. d

      F68the Scottish Police Authority;

  • “ pension supervising authority ” means—

    1. a

      any local policing body within the meaning of the Police Act 1996; and

    2. b

      F19the Scottish Police Authority.

2A

But—

a

in relation to any regulations made under the M2Police (Overseas Service) Act 1945 and any service such as is mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above, F34“police pension authority” or “pension supervising authority” means the Secretary of State or the Minister of Overseas Development; F6. . .

b

in relation to any service such as is mentioned in subsection (1) F7(aa), (ab), (b) F58, F21(bfa)(vii), (bh)F16or (c) F16, (c) or (d) above, F34“ police pension authority ” or “pension supervising authority” means F8, subject to paragraphs F54(ba) to (e) below, the Secretary of State.

F41ba

in relation to service of the kind described in section 97(1)(aa) of the Police Act 1996 (c. 16) or F52mentioned in subsection (1)(bfa)(v) above , F34“police pension authority” or “pension supervising authority” means the F67Independent Police Complaints CommissionF67Independent Office for Police Conduct ;

F44c

in relation to any such service as is mentioned in subsection (1)(bfa)(vi) or subsection (1)(ca) above, or any service of the kind described in section 97(1)(cj) of the Police Act 1996, “police pension authority” means the Director General of the National Crime Agency and “pension supervising authority” means the Secretary of State;

F23da

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F23e

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F51f

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F50bg

in relation to any service such as is mentioned in subsection (1)(bg), F34“police pension authority” or “pension supervising authority” means the F55Disclosure and Barring Service ;

F42F39h

in relation to any service such as is mentioned in subsection (1)(bg), (bh), (bi), (bj) or (bk) above, F34“police pension authority” or “pension supervising authority” means the Scottish Police Services Authority.

F26i

in relation to any service such as is mentioned in subsection (1)(e) or any service of the kind described in section 97(1)(i) of the Police Act 1996, “police pension authority” or “pension supervising authority” means F32... the College of Policing.

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j

in relation to any service such as is mentioned in subsection (1)(bfa)(ii), (iii) or (iv), “police pension authority” and “pension supervising authority” means the Scottish Ministers.

3

In this Act, except so far as the context otherwise requires, “ police force ” means any police force within the meaning of F9 the Police Act 1996 or the F38Police Service of Scotland , and, in respect of—

a

any person such as is mentioned in section 1(1) of the Police (Overseas Service) Act 1945; and

b

any person engaged or employed in any service such as is mentioned in subsection (1)( a ), F10 (aa), (ab), F11 (ba), (bb), (bc), (bd), F53... F43(bf),F29(bg),F31(bfa), (bfb)F30(bh),( b ) F69(c), (d) or (e) above;

any body in F12or with which that person is serving F71or, in the case of service such as is mentioned in subsection (1)(bh) F60or (d) , the department of the Secretary of State.

4

This Act shall have effect—

a

as if commissioners and assistant commissioners of the metropolitan police force and commissioners of the City of London police force were members of those forces respectively; and

b

in relation to any person who on 5th July 1948 was or had been the surgeon of the City of London police force or a clerk or other person employed in or in connection with that force, as if such surgeons, clerks or other persons employed in or in connection with that force were members of that force;

and references in this Act to membership of a police force shall be construed accordingly.

5

Except so far as the context otherwise requires, in this Act—

  • F13 “ central service ”—

    1. a

      means relevant service within paragraph F46 (aa), (b), (c), F63 ... F22 ... F33 (cf) or (d) of section 97(1) of the Police Act 1996, or

    2. b

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    F62...

  • “ injury ” includes disease;

  • “ pension ”, in relation to a person, means a pension, whether contributory or not, of any kind whatsoever payable to or in respect of him, and includes a lump sum or a gratuity so payable and a return of contributions; and

  • “ pension rights ” includes, in relation to any person, all forms of right to, or eligibility for, the present or future payment of a pension to or in respect of that person.

  • F65“senior NCA officer” means—

    1. a

      the Director General and Deputy Director General of the body known as the National Crime Agency;

    2. b

      the officers of that body who report directly to the Director General or Deputy Director General; and

    3. c

      the Head of the National Cyber Crime Unit in that body;

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F146

References in this Act to the Director General of the National Criminal Intelligence Service and to his service have effect only in relation to cases in which the person in question was a serving police officer for the purposes of section 6 of the Police Act 1997 (c. 50) immediately before his appointment to that office took effect.

F257

References in this Act to an inspector or assistant inspector of constabulary, and to service as such, do not have effect in relation to cases in which the person in question—

a

was appointed on or after 1st January 1999, and

b

did not serve as a member of a police force at any time before his appointment took effect.

F188

 References in this Act to the Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency, and to service as such, have effect only in relation to cases in which the person in question—

a

has held the office of constable, and

b

immediately before the appointment as Chief Inspector took effect, was serving as a member of a police force (whether or not as a constable).

F618A

References in this Act to a senior NCA officer or F59a member of the staff of the College of Policing, and to service as such, have effect only in relation to cases where the person in question is (immediately before beginning that service) a member, or eligible to be a member, of a pension scheme provided for under section 1 above or section 25(2)(k) or 26(2)(g) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998.

F729

A person's service as a National Crime Agency officer is “eligible service” for the purposes of this Act in any of the following cases.

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The first case is where—

a

the person's service as a National Crime Agency officer is—

i

service as the Director General, or

ii

service that is designated for this purpose by the Director General, and

b

the person is (immediately before beginning that service) a member, or eligible to be a member, of a police pension scheme.

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The second case is where—

a

immediately before beginning the service as a National Crime Agency officer, the person—

i

is serving as a member of the staff of the Serious Organised Crime Agency, and

ii

by virtue of that service is, or is eligible to be, a member of a police pension scheme, and

b

the person becomes a National Crime Agency officer by virtue of a scheme under paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013.

12

The third case is where—

a

immediately before beginning the service as a National Crime Agency officer, the person—

i

is serving as a member of a police force, and

ii

by virtue of that service is, or is eligible to be, a member of a police pension scheme, and

b

the person becomes a National Crime Agency officer by virtue of a scheme under paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013.

13

In subsections (10) to (12) “police pension scheme” means a pension scheme provided for under—

a

section 1 above, or

b

section 25(2)(k) or 26(2)(g) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998.