{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-firemens-pensions-act-1997/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-firemens-pensions-act-1997/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/52",
  "legislation_title": "Police and Firemen’s Pensions Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-firemens-pensions-act-1997",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Clarification of powers in respect of transfer values etc.",
  "text": "(1) Section 1 of the Police Pensions Act 1976 (police pensions regulations) shall have effect, and shall be deemed always to have had effect, as if the following subsection were inserted after subsection (2)—\n“(2A) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of subsection (1) above, any such regulations may make provision for the payment and receipt by police authorities of transfer values or of other lump sum payments made for the purpose of creating or restoring pension rights.”\n(2) In section 7 of that Act (payment of pensions and contributions), in subsection (1), for the words “such other payments as are mentioned in section 4(2) above, being made” there shall be substituted “ such other payments and receipts as are mentioned in sections 1(2A) and 4(2) above, being paid ”.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1(3) repealed (7.9.2004 for E. for specified purposes, 1.10.2004 for E. otherwise, 10.11.2004 for W.) by Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21), s. 61, Sch. 2 (with savings in S.I. 2004/2306, art. 3, Sch.); S.I. 2004/2304, art. 2; S.I. 2004/2917, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1976 c. 35."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 1(3) savings for effects of 2004 c. 21, Sch. 2 (11.11.2004) by Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (Firefighters' Pension Scheme) (Wales) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2918), art. 1(1), Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/52/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:24:16.336394+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."
}