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Status: In Force
Penalty ceiling: Regulated

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s.122 Option to buy out early payment reduction Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Police pension scheme members may buy out early pension reductionsCrown / Minister / Government department

s.174 Employer contributions Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Pay employer contributions and administration charges to the police pension schemeCrown / Minister / Government department

228 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.001 Citation and commencement

s.002 Interpretation

s.003 Establishment of scheme

s.004 Members of a home police force

s.005 Members of a police force other than a home police force

s.006 Meaning of “specified NCA officer”

s.007 Police pension authority

s.008 Alteration of police areas

s.009 Scheme manager

s.010 Scheme manager approval

s.011 Delegation

s.012 Scheme manager's obligation to pass on member's records

s.013 Police Pension Boards: establishment

s.014 Police Pension Boards: membership

s.015 Police Pension Boards: procedure

s.016 Police Pension Boards: conflicts of interest

s.017 Payment of fees and expenses

s.018 Scheme advisory board: establishment

s.019 Scheme advisory board: membership

s.020 Scheme advisory board: conflicts of interest

s.021 Eligible service

s.022 Periods of unpaid leave

s.023 Period of permanent service

s.024 Application of Chapter

s.025 Interpretation of Chapter

s.026 Automatic enrolment

s.027 Opting in to this scheme

s.028 When an opt-in takes effect

s.029 Automatic re-enrolment

s.030 Opting out of this scheme

s.031 Opting out before the end of the initial period of eligible service

s.032 Opting out after the initial period of eligible service

s.033 Pensionable earnings

s.034 Pensionable earnings during a period of assumed pay

s.035 Interpretation

s.036 Determination of eligibility for payment of ill-health benefits

s.037 Re-determination of eligibility for payment of ill-health benefits

s.038 Reduced rate of member contributions

s.039 Selected medical practitioner's report

s.040 Appeal against selected medical practitioner's report

s.041 Revised report by third registered medical practitioner

s.042 Refusal to be medically examined

s.043 Meaning of “deferred member”

s.044 Descriptions of accrued pension

s.045 Calculation of amount of accrued pension for purpose of deferment or retirement

s.046 Calculation of “retirement index adjustment”

s.047 Calculation of “retirement PIA index adjustment”

s.048 Determination of “the age addition”

s.049 Determination of “the assumed age addition”

s.050 Actuarial reduction on early payment of pension (early payment reduction)

s.051 Late payment supplement

s.052 Establishment of pension accounts: general

s.053 Closure and adjustment of pension accounts on transfer out

s.054 Application of Chapter

s.055 Establishment of active member's account

s.056 Receipt of a transfer value payment

s.057 Receipt of a club transfer value payment

s.058 Amount of pension for a scheme year

s.059 Opening balance, index adjustment, PIA index adjustment and age addition

s.060 Closure and re-establishment of active member's account

s.061 Active member's account to remain open during periods of unpaid leave

s.062 Adjustment of active member's account after period of unpaid family leave or unpaid sick leave

s.063 Application of Chapter

s.064 Establishment of deferred member's account

s.065 Provisional amount of deferred pension

s.066 Adjustment of provisional amount

s.067 Closure of deferred member's account after gap in service not exceeding 5 years

s.068 Establishment of retirement account

s.069 Amount of retirement earned pension and retirement added pension

s.070 Closure of retirement account

s.071 Establishment of pension credit member's account

s.072 Other pension accounts

s.073 Police pension authority

s.074 Medical unfitness

s.075 Permanent medical unfitness

s.076 Decision of selected medical practitioner

s.077 Refusal to be medically examined or attend interviews

s.078 A report under this Part

s.079 Application of Chapter

s.080 Former member of home police force

s.081 Referral of medical questions for purpose of regulation 82

s.082 Compulsory retirement on grounds of permanent medical unfitness

s.083 Compulsory retirement of member who was required to continue to serve

s.084 Compulsory retirement void if appeal successful

s.085 Application of Chapter

s.086 Referral of medical questions for purpose of early payment of a full retirement pension on grounds of permanent medical unfitness

s.087 Application of Part

s.088 Qualifying service

s.089 Descriptions of full retirement pension

s.090 Entitlement to full retirement pension (active members)

s.091 Entitlement to full retirement pension (deferred members)

s.092 Claim for payment of full retirement pension (active members)

s.093 Notice period for active members

s.094 Full retirement pension payable at member's state pension age (deferred members)

s.095 Full retirement pension payable early on grounds of permanent medical unfitness (deferred members)

s.096 Claim for early payment of full retirement pension otherwise than on grounds of permanent medical unfitness (deferred members)

s.097 Members who have been dismissed or required to resign

s.098 Annual rate of full retirement pension (active members)

s.099 Annual rate of full retirement pension (deferred members)

s.100 Full retirement pension ceasing to be payable

s.101 Payment thresholds

s.102 Entitlement to payment of ill-health pension

s.103 Payment of ill-health pension

s.104 Annual rate of ill-health pension under this scheme

s.105 Deferment of added pension attributable to recent payments

s.106 Referral of medical question for purpose of reduction of benefits

s.107 Reduction of pension in case of default

s.108 Refusal to be medically examined

s.109 Decision of scheme manager void if appeal against decision of selected medical practitioner is successful

s.110 Review of lower tier ill-health pension

s.111 Cancellation of lower tier ill-health pension if medical unfitness ceases

s.112 Entitlement to enhanced upper tier ill-health pension following claim for payment

s.113 Entitlement to enhanced upper tier ill-health pension following periodic review

s.114 Review and cancellation of enhanced upper tier ill-health pension

s.115 Cancellation of ill-health pension: failure to receive appropriate medical treatment

s.116 Review and cancellation of full retirement pension which came into payment early on grounds of permanent medical unfitness

s.117 Referral of medical questions for purpose of a review

s.118 Refusal to be medically examined

s.119 Decision of scheme manager void if appeal against decision of selected medical practitioner is successful

s.120 Options under this Chapter

s.121 Exercising an option under this Chapter

s.123 Option to defer payment of retirement added pension

s.124 Option to commute part of pension

s.125 Interpretation

s.126 Entitlement to pension credit member's pension

s.127 Claim for payment of pension credit member's pension

s.128 Payment of pension credit member's pension

s.129 Annual rate of pension credit member's pension

s.130 Pension credit member's rights

s.131 Option for pension credit member to commute part of pension

s.132 Option for pension credit member to commute whole pension (serious ill-health)

s.133 Application of Part

s.134 Surviving adults

s.135 Meaning of “surviving adult partner”

s.136 Meaning of “surviving adult's pension”

s.137 Entitlement to surviving adult's pension

s.138 Surviving adult's pension payable in respect of pension debit member

s.139 Annual rate of surviving adult's pensions payable on death of pensioner member

s.140 Annual rate of surviving adult's pensions payable on death of deferred member

s.141 Annual rate of surviving adult's pensions payable on death of active member

s.142 Reduction in pensions in cases of wide age disparity

s.143 Meaning of “eligible child's pension”

s.144 Meaning of “eligible child”

s.145 Eligible child's pension

s.146 Annual rate of eligible child's pension

s.147 Payment of pensions under this Part

s.148 Suspension and recovery of pensions paid under this Part

s.149 Provisional payment of eligible child's pension: later adjustments

s.150 Adjustment of benefits to comply with FA 2004 where members die over 75

s.151 Guaranteed minimum pensions for surviving spouses and civil partners

s.152 Nominations for lump sum death grants

s.153 Invalid nominations of individuals

s.154 Recovery of payment if nomination found to be invalid

s.155 Payment of lump sum death grants: general

s.156 Persons who may be paid lump sum death grant

s.157 Pension protection lump sum death benefit

s.158 Payment of pension instead of lump sum death grant for members who have reached 75

s.159 Meaning of “final pay”

s.160 Meaning of “annualised final pay”

s.161 Amount of lump sum death grant payable on death of active member

s.162 Amount of lump sum death grant payable on death of pension credit member

s.163 Amount payable under court order to former spouse or civil partner

s.164 Application of Chapter

s.165 Death gratuities - dependants

s.166 Death gratuity – estate

s.167 Payment of one benefit only in respect of deceased member

s.167 Relevant pay

s.168 Amount of pensionable earnings

s.169 Annualised rate of pensionable earnings

s.170 Rate of member contributions

s.171 Payment of member contributions

s.172 Option to pay member contributions for period of unpaid leave

s.173 Payment of member contributions for unpaid leave

s.175 Deduction of payments for added pension under Schedule 3

s.176 Refund of all member contributions and payments for added pension made by the member

s.177 Member repays refund of contributions on rejoining this scheme

s.178 Application of Part

s.179 Interpretation of Part

s.180 Transfer payments made to other schemes or pension arrangements

s.181 Application for a statement of entitlement

s.182 Statement of entitlement

s.183 Request for transfer payment to be made

s.184 Calculating the amount of a transfer value or club transfer value

s.185 Request for transfer out after member repays to scheme manager a refund received under regulation 184

s.186 Effect of transfers out

s.187 Application of Chapter

s.188 Interpretation of Chapter

s.189 Request for acceptance of a transfer payment

s.190 Transfer statement

s.191 Amount of transferred pension

s.192 Club transfer statement

s.193 Amount of club transfer earned pension

s.194 Interpretation

s.195 Transfers out

s.196 Transfers in

s.197 Appointment of scheme actuary and actuarial valuations

s.198 Employer cost cap

s.199 Meaning of “dual capacity member”

s.200 Payment of benefits to or in respect of a dual capacity member

s.201 Reduction in pension debit member's benefits

s.202 Late payment of retirement index adjustment or retirement PIA index adjustment

s.203 Commutation of small pensions

s.204 Interpretation and application

s.205 Guaranteed minimum under section 14 of PSA 1993

s.206 Contracting–out rights

s.207 Appeals to Crown Court

s.208 Appeals to Secretary of State

s.209 Limitation on appeals against decision of scheme manager

s.210 Pension supervising authority

s.211 Forfeiture: offences committed by members

s.212 Forfeiture: offences committed by a member's beneficiary

s.213 Forfeiture: relevant monetary obligations and relevant monetary losses

s.214 Set-off

s.215 Forfeiture and set-off: procedure

s.216 Forfeiture: appeals to Crown Court

s.217 Forfeiture: appeals to Secretary of State

s.218 Scheme manager to be scheme administrator for purposes of Part 4 of Finance Act 2004

s.219 Payment on behalf of members of lifetime allowance charge

s.220 Reduction of benefits where lifetime allowance charge payable

s.221 Information about payment of annual allowance charge

s.222 Reduction of benefits where annual allowance charge paid by scheme manager

s.222 Voluntary scheme pays arrangement

s.223 General prohibition on unauthorised payments

s.224 Calculation of periods of membership and service

s.225 Procedure on appeals to the Secretary of State

s.226 Evidence of entitlement

s.227 Provision of benefit information statements to members

s.228 Transitional provisions

Schedules

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s.sch001 Interpretation

s.sch001 Costs payable if hearing is cancelled, adjourned or postponed

s.sch001 Costs payable on decision

s.sch001 Appeal against decision of a selected medical practitioner

s.sch001 Referral of final decision for reconsideration

s.sch001 Referral of final decision by court or tribunal

s.sch001 Referral to appointed medical practitioner

s.sch001 Appointment of appeal board

s.sch001 Procedure and costs on appeals to appeal board

s.sch001 Hearing the appeal

s.sch001 Written evidence or a written statement

s.sch002 Parkinson's disease; and

s.sch002 Variant Creutzfeld-Jacob disease.

s.sch002 AIDS

s.sch002 Alzheimer's disease;

s.sch002 Cancer;

s.sch002 Creutzfeld-Jacob disease;

s.sch002 Huntington's chorea;

s.sch002 Motor neurone disease;

s.sch002 Multiple sclerosis;

s.sch002 Nieman Pick disease;

s.sch002 Non-variant Creutzfeld-Jacob disease;

s.sch003 Interpretation

s.sch003 Amount of added (self only) pension for a scheme year (periodical payments)

s.sch003 Amount of added (all beneficiaries) pension for a scheme year (periodical payments)

s.sch003 Application of Part

s.sch003 Member's option to make a lump sum payment for added pension

s.sch003 Payment by lump sum from the compensation scheme

s.sch003 Statement of amount of added pension

s.sch003 Amount of added (self only) pension (lump sum payment)

s.sch003 Amount of added (all beneficiaries) pension (lump sum payment)

s.sch003 Meaning of “overall limit of added pension”

s.sch003 Amount of accrued added pension may not exceed overall limit of added pension

s.sch003 Refund of overpayments

s.sch003 Added pension option exercisable by member

s.sch003 Application of Part

s.sch003 Member's option to make periodical payments for added pension

s.sch003 Cancellation of option by member

s.sch003 Periodical payments

s.sch004 Interpretation

s.sch004 Exception for full protection member during protection period

s.sch004 Active member of the 1987 scheme on scheme closing date

s.sch004 Meaning of “full protection member” (the 2006 scheme)

s.sch004 Exception for full protection member during protection period

s.sch004 Active member of the 2006 scheme on scheme closing date

s.sch004 Meaning of “tapered protection member” (the 1987 scheme)

s.sch004 Exception for tapered protection members during protection period

s.sch004 Active member of the 1987 scheme on scheme closing date

s.sch004 Meaning of “tapered protection member” (the 2006 scheme)

s.sch004 Exception for tapered protection members during protection period

s.sch004 Meaning of “tapered protection closing date”

s.sch004 Active member of the 2006 scheme on scheme closing date

s.sch004 Meaning of “

s.sch004 Meaning of “normal pension age under the existing police pension scheme”

s.sch004 Transition member who has not reached normal pension age under the existing police pension scheme

s.sch004 When transition member reaches normal pension age under the existing police pension scheme

s.sch004 Annual rate of surviving adult's pension payable under this scheme when a 1987 transition member dies as a pensioner member

s.sch004 Annual rate of surviving adult's pension payable under this scheme when a 2006 transition member dies as a pensioner member

s.sch004 Annual rate of surviving adult's pension payable under this scheme when a 1987 transition member dies as a deferred member

s.sch004 Annual rate of surviving adult's pension payable under this scheme when a 2006 transition member dies as a deferred member

s.sch004 Annual rate of surviving adult's pension payable under this scheme when a 1987 transition member dies as an active member

s.sch004 Pensionable service under a police scheme

s.sch004 Annual rate of surviving adult's pension payable under this scheme when a 2006 transition member dies as an active member

s.sch004 Payment of eligible child's pension in respect of any transition member

s.sch004 Lump sum death grant payable on death of active member

s.sch004 Death gratuities - dependants

s.sch004 Death gratuity – estate

s.sch004 Pensionable service under the existing police pension scheme

s.sch004 Becoming a deferred member of the existing police pension scheme

s.sch004 Qualifying for benefits on retirement under the existing police pension scheme

s.sch004 Refund of contributions under the existing police pension scheme

s.sch004 Calculation of weighted accrual for service in the 1987 scheme

s.sch004 Continuity of service (1987 transition members)

s.sch004 Calculation of lump sum under the 1987 scheme

s.sch004 Declaration under existing police pension scheme continues to have effect

s.sch004 Nomination under existing police pension scheme continues to have effect

s.sch004 Meaning of “final salary benefits”

s.sch004 Acceptance of club transfer value payments

s.sch004 Joining this scheme or the 2006 scheme

s.sch004 Transition member with continuity of service

s.sch004 Active member of the 1988 NI police pension scheme on scheme closing date who joins 1987 scheme

s.sch004 Active member of the 1988 NI police pension scheme on scheme closing date who joins 2006 scheme

s.sch004 Active member of the 1987 scheme on scheme closing date

s.sch004 Continuity of service (2006 transition members)

s.sch004 Deferred member of the 1987 scheme on scheme closing date

s.sch004 Active member of the 2009 NI police pension scheme on scheme closing date

s.sch004 Active member of the existing Scotland scheme on the scheme closing date

s.sch004 Active member of an existing scheme on the scheme closing date

s.sch004 Meaning of “active member” of the 1987 scheme or the equivalent NI police pension scheme

s.sch004 Meaning of “active member” of the 2006 scheme or the equivalent NI police pension scheme

s.sch004 Meaning of “active member” of an existing scheme

s.sch004 Meaning of “full protection member” (the 1987 scheme)

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The Police Pensions Regulations 2015

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