Regulation 4 Amendments to regulation G6

In regulation G6 (payments by women to enhance widowers’ awards)^f1—

(a)

after paragraph (1A)^f2 insert—

“(1B)

But an election under this regulation which is made by virtue of the amendments to these Regulations by the Police and Firefighters’ (Pensions etc.) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2019 may secure the counting of pensionable service before 6th April 1988 irrespective of whether an election to which paragraph (1A) applies was previously made.”;

(b)

in paragraph (3)^f3, at the end insert—

“(i)

in the case of a woman who was entitled to make an election under paragraph (1), to which sub-paragraphs (e) to (h) apply, who elects to secure the counting of pensionable service before 6th April 1988 (not being service which is already the subject of an election to enhance her surviving spouse or surviving civil partner award), the date on which the Police and Firefighters’ (Pensions etc.) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2019 come into force.”;

(c)

in paragraph (4A)^f4, for “or (h)” substitute “, (h) or (i)”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Regulation G6 was inserted by regulation 5 of S.I. 1994/641.
f2: Paragraph (1A) was inserted by regulation 2 of, and paragraph 9(b) of Schedule 1 to, S.I. 2006/740 and was amended by regulations 2 and 4(a) of S.I. 2014/79.
f3: Paragraph (3) was amended by regulation 2 of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to S.I. 2003/27, regulation 2 of, and paragraph 9(c) of Schedule 1 to S.I. 2006/740 and regulations 2 and 4(b) of S.I. 2014/79.
f4: Paragraph (4) and (4A) were substituted for paragraph (4) as originally enacted by regulation 2 of, and paragraph 4(1) and (4) of Schedule 1 to, S.I. 2003/27; paragraph (4A) was amended by regulations 2 and 4(c) of S.I. 2014/79 and regulation 2(2) of, and paragraph 1(k) of Schedule 2 to, S.I. 2010/431.