{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015/schedule-3/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2015/142",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“added pension option” means the option to make payments for added pension;\n“amount of accrued added pension” means the total of—\n(a) the amount of accrued added (self only) pension (if any); and\n(b) the amount of accrued added (all beneficiaries) pension (if any);\n“appropriate pay period” means the pay period that the scheme manager considers appropriate;\n“overall limit of added pension” has the meaning given in paragraph 2;\n“periodical payment period” means the period for which periodical payments for added pension are payable;\n“period of service”, in relation to this scheme, means a continuous period of pensionable service under this scheme;\n“the relevant day”, in relation to a lump sum payment for added pension, means—\n(a) if the scheme manager provides a statement of the amount of added pension, the first day after the period of one month beginning with the date of the statement; or\n(b) otherwise, the day on which the lump sum payment is received by the scheme manager;\n“the relevant scheme year” means the scheme year in which the relevant day falls; and\n“statement of the amount of added pension” means the statement referred to in paragraph 15.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 1 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/142/schedule/3/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:30:03.361596+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."
}