{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pension-northern-ireland-regulations-2009/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pension-northern-ireland-regulations-2009/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2009/79",
  "legislation_title": "THE POLICE PENSION (NORTHERN IRELAND) REGULATIONS 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pension-northern-ireland-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Meaning of certain expressions and references – general provision",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires—\n(a) the expressions contained in the glossary set out in Schedule 1 shall be construed as provided in that Schedule;\n(b) any reference to a member of the police service, however expressed, includes a reference to a person who has been such a member;\n(c) any reference to an award, however expressed, is a reference to an award under these Regulations.\n(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, an inspector of constabulary, a specified NCA officer or a police officer engaged on relevant service shall be deemed to be a member of the police service.\n(3) In relation to an inspector of constabulary or an officer engaged on relevant service, any reference in these Regulations to the Board shall be construed as a reference to the Secretary of State.\n(4) In relation to a specified NCA officer—\n(a) any reference in these Regulations to the Board shall be construed as a reference to NCA; and\n(b) any reference in these Regulations to the police service shall be construed as a reference to NCA.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(2) substituted (7.10.2013) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments and Saving Provision) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2318), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 101(2) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(4) substituted (7.10.2013) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments and Saving Provision) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2318), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 101(3)(a) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 2(4)(a) substituted (7.10.2013) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments and Saving Provision) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2318), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 101(3)(b) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in reg. 2(4)(b) substituted (7.10.2013) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments and Saving Provision) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2318), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 101(3)(c) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 2(5)(6) omitted (7.10.2013) by virtue of The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments and Saving Provision) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2318), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 101(4) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in operation at 6.4.2009 with effect in accordance with s. 1(2)(3), see s. 1(2)(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/79/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:32:54.646326+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."
}