{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-increase-police-and-fire-services-regulations-1974/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-increase-police-and-fire-services-regulations-1974/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1974/1532",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions Increase (Police and Fire Services) Regulations 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-increase-police-and-fire-services-regulations-1974",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Police pensions",
  "text": "(1) A pension payable under the Police Pensions Act 1948 or to or in respect of a member of a police force under section 259 or 260 of the Local Government Act 1972 is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 1(1) of the Act of 1974 and, in relation to such a pension, the relevant date is—\n(a) where the pension is payable to or in respect of a member of a police force of the rank of chief superintendent or any lower rank, 1st September 1974;\n(b) where the pension is payable to or in respect of a member of a police force of any higher rank, 1st July 1974;\n(c) where the pension is payable to or in respect of an inspector or an assistant inspector of constabulary, 1st July 1974;\n(d) where the pension is payable to or in respect of a person by virtue of the fact that, on 5th July 1948, he was a clerk or other person employed in, or in connection with, the City of London police force—\n(i) in the case of a chiropodist, 1st January 1974;\n(ii) in the case of a canteen assistant, 7th November 1974;\n(iii) in any other case, 1st July 1974.\n(2) This Regulation shall apply in the case of an overseas policeman or central police officer within the meaning of Regulation 4(1) of the Police Pensions Regulations 1973, as amended, as though he were a member of a police force holding the rank he is treated as holding for the purposes of those Regulations by virtue of Regulation 6(1) or (2) thereof.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "(1973 I, p. 1401)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The amending instruments are not relevant to the subject matter of these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/1532/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:25:12.219323+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}