The Police Pensions Regulations 1987

Regulation B3

Part III Policeman’s Ill-Health Pension

1.  Subject to Regulation K1(5) (termination of unsecured portion of ill-health pension) and to Parts VII and VIII of this Schedule (reductions at state pensionable age and related to up-rating of widow’s pension), the amount of the pension shall be determined in accordance with paragraph 2, 3 or 4 as the case may require.

2.  Where the policeman has less than 5 years' pensionable service, the amount of the pension shall not be less than a sixtieth of his average pensionable pay and, subject as aforesaid, shall be of an amount equal to a sixtieth of that pay multiplied by the period in years of his pensionable service.

3.  Where the policeman has 5 or more years', but not more than 10 years' pensionable service, subject to paragraph 5, the pension shall be of an amount equal to 2 sixtieths of his average pensionable pay multiplied by the period in years of his pensionable service.

4.  Where the policeman has more than 10 years' pensionable service, the pension shall be not less than 20 sixtieths, nor more than 40 sixtieths, of his average pensionable pay and, subject as aforesaid and to paragraph 5, shall be equal to 7 sixtieths of that pay with the addition—

(a) of an amount equal to a sixtieth of that pay multiplied by the period in years of his pensionable service up to 20 years, and

(b) of an amount equal to 2 sixtieths of that pay multiplied by the period in years by which his pensionable service exceeds 20 years.

5.  In the case of a policeman who, had he continued to serve until he could be required to retire on account of age, would have become entitled to an ordinary or short service pension, a pension calculated in accordance with paragraph 3 or 4 shall not exceed the pension to which he would so have become entitled calculated, however, by reference to the average pensionable pay by reference to which the ill-health pension is calculated.