# The Police (Injury Benefit) Regulations 1987, Regulation 6: Gratuities paid in anticipation

Extent: E+W+S

Where, before 17th March 1987, a police authority pays to any person a gratuity in respect of the death or disablement of a member of a police force as the result of an injury received by him in the execution of his duty, and the gratuity is at any time thereafter certified by the police authority as having been so paid in anticipation of the coming into force of these Regulations—
(a) nothing in these Regulations shall entitle that person to any further payment in respect of the death or disablement of the member in question; and
(b) for the purposes of these Regulations, the gratuity shall be treated as if it were a gratuity paid to that person under these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/156/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-injury-benefit-regulations-1987/regulation-6
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