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The Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025

S.S.I. 2025/58 · Made 4 March 2025

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Public Service Pensions

Made 4th March 2025

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 6th March 2025

Coming into force 1st May 2025

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and (2)(g), 3(3)(b) and paragraph 7(b) of schedule 2 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 22(2) of that Act, the Scottish Ministers consulted such persons (or representatives of such persons) as appeared to the Scottish Ministers likely to be affected by these Regulations and have laid a report before the Scottish Parliament.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2013 c. 25. Section 3(3)(b) enables scheme regulations to make retrospective provision.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and effect
  2. 2Amendment of the Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015
  3. 3Eligibility for payment of ill-health benefits
  4. 4Rate of member contributions
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and effect

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025.

(2)

These Regulations come into force on 1 May 2025 but regulations 3 and 4 have effect from 1 April 2025.

2Amendment of the Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015

The Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015f1 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4.

3Eligibility for payment of ill-health benefits

Chapter 4 (eligibility for payment of ill-health benefits) of Part 4 (scheme membership) ceases to have effect from 1 April 2025.

4Rate of member contributions

In regulation 160 (rate of member contributions)—

(a)

In paragraph (2)—

(i)

for “13.46%” substitute “13.7%”,

(ii)

omit from “if” to the end,

(b)

omit paragraphs (3) and (4).

Signature

IVAN MCKEE

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

4th March 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (“the 2015 Regulations”).

Regulation 3 removes the ill-health eligibility restrictions set out in Chapter 4, Part 4 of the 2015 Regulations.

Regulation 4 amends the percentage rate of member contributions payable under regulation 160 of the 2015 Regulations and makes further amendments to that regulation consequential to the removal of ill-health eligibility restrictions.