# The Police etc. and Fire Pensions (Modification) Order 1974, Article 3: Police, special constabulary and police cadet pensions


(1) This Article shall have effect for the purposes of modifying the provisions made by or under any enactment relating to the payment of pensions to or in respect of—
(a) members of police forces;
(b) special constables appointed for police areas, or
(c) police cadets appointed with a view to becoming members of police forces.
(2) For the purposes aforesaid any reference in any of the said provisions to an old police area, or to the police authority, force or fund for such an area, shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to the relevant new police area or to the police authority, force or fund therefor.
(3) In this Article the expressions “old police area” and “new police area” mean, respectively, a police area in England and Wales existing immediately before 1st April 1974 and such an area existing on that date and, except where paragraph (4) below applies, in relation to an old police area the expression “relevant new police area” means the new area comprising the whole, or the greater part, of the old area.
(4) In this Article, in the case of—
(a) a member of a police force for an old police area who is, on 1st April 1974, transferred to a police force for a new police area;
(b) a special constable for an old police area who, on that date, is transferred to become a special constable for a new police area, or
(c) a police cadet undergoing training with a view to becoming a member of a police force for an old police area who, on that date, is transferred to undergo training with a view to becoming a member of a police force for a new police area,
in relation to the old police area the expression “relevant new police area” means the new police area referred to in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above, as the case may be.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/432/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-etc-and-fire-pensions-modification-order-1974/article-3
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