# THE POLICE PENSION (NORTHERN IRELAND) REGULATIONS 2009, Paragraph 9

Extent: N.I.

The pensionable service reckonable by an officer—
(a) to whom paragraph 1 applies and who has made an election in accordance with paragraphs 6 and 7;
(b) to whom paragraph 2 applies;
(c) to whom paragraph 3 applies and who has made an election in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5; or
(d) such as is mentioned in regulation 4(3), who cancels his election in the circumstances mentioned in regulation 4(4) but does not make a transfer election under regulation 4(8),
shall be determined in accordance with regulations 8 to 13, except that regulation 13 (reckoning of service for purposes of awards) shall have effect as if
(e) there were inserted in paragraph (1) after the words “35 years” the words—
“less the total pensionable service he was entitled to reckon under the 1988 Regulations, calculated in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4), at the applicable time;”;
(f) there were inserted after paragraph (1) the following paragraph—
“(1A) (a) For the purposes of this regulation, the “applicable time” shall be determined in accordance with this paragraph.
(b) In a case falling within paragraph 9(a) to (c) of Schedule 2—
(i) subject to sub-paragraph (ii), the applicable time is the time of his retirement with an entitlement to—
(aa) an ordinary pension under regulation B1; or, as the case may be,
(bb) a short service award under regulation B2;
(cc) an ill-health pension under regulation B3;
(dd) a deferred pension under regulation B5;
(ee) an award by way of repayment of aggregate pension contributions under regulation B6
of the 1988 Regulations,
(ii) where he has retired with an entitlement mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) and before retiring he had made an election under regulation G4(1) of the 1988 Regulations (election not to pay pension contributions) which had not been cancelled before retiring, the applicable time is the time when he made that election.
(c) In a case falling within paragraph 9(d) of Schedule 2, the applicable time is the time when he made his election under regulation G4(1) of the 1988 Regulations.”
(g) there were added at the end—
“(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the total pensionable service which a police officer was entitled to reckon at the applicable time shall be calculated by the Board as the sum of—
(a) the pensionable service he was entitled to reckon under Part F of the 1988 Regulations at that time multiplied by the appropriate conversion factor—
(i) where he has not yet attained the age of 55 years, applicable to his age next birthday at the notional commencement of pension contributions under the 1988 Regulations, or
(ii) where he has attained the age of 55 years, applicable to the number of years’ qualifying service as a police officer he had completed at the applicable time
given in the following table—
TABLE OF CONVERSION FACTORS
If under age 55
Age next birthday at notional commencement of pension contributions under the 1988 Regulations
If aged 55 or above
Number of years’ qualifying service completed at the applicable time
Periods with full spouse benefit
For female officers, periods with no spouse benefit
25 and below
30
7/6ths
113%
26
29
115%
111%
27
28
113%
109%
28
27
111%
107%
29
26
108%
104%
30
25
105%
104%
31
24
102%
98%
32
23
99%
95%
33
22
96%
92%
34
21
92%
88%
35 and above
20 or fewer
88%
84%
and
(b) in the case of a police officer such as is mentioned in paragraph 9(c) of Schedule 2 who had elected to purchase increased benefits in accordance with the Police Pensions (Purchase of Increased Benefits) Regulations 1988, such additional sixtieths as he was entitled to reckon under regulation 8(2) of those Regulations immediately before his retirement, multiplied by the conversion factor of 88%.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)—
(a) “age next birthday at the notional commencement of pension contributions under the 1988 Regulations”, means the age he would attain on the birthday following the date on which he would have attained an exact age determined by subtracting the length of his qualifying service under the 1988 Regulations from his exact age on the date when he commenced paying contributions under these Regulations; and
(b) “qualifying service” and “qualifying service under the 1988 Regulations” mean the period in years he was entitled to reckon as pensionable service under the 1988 Regulations, except that where some or all of the service he was so entitled to reckon was part-time service it means the period in years he would have been entitled to reckon as pensionable service if in any period of part-time service he had served full-time.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/79/schedule/2/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-pension-northern-ireland-regulations-2009/schedule-2/paragraph-9
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