{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-additional-voluntary-contributions-regulations-1991/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-additional-voluntary-contributions-regulations-1991/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1304",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-additional-voluntary-contributions-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Payment by responsible person",
  "text": "(1) Retirement pensions shall be paid by the responsible person to the persons entitled to them.\n(2) Lump sums payable—\n(a) as mentioned in regulation 11(7)(f) regulation 10C(7)(f) or paragraph 2 of Schedule 1A or by virtue of an election for a payment under paragraph 3(4)(f) of that Schedule, or\n(b) under regulation 12 or 14(2),\nshall be paid by the responsible person to the deceased’s widow or widower or surviving civil partner or, if there is no widow or widower or surviving civil partner, to the personal representatives.\n(3) Lump sums payable under regulation 11(8) regulation 10C(8) or 14(1) shall be paid by the responsible person to the former basic contributor.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) The amount of any tax chargeable under the Taxes Act on a payment under this regulation or Schedule 1A (pension sharing) shall be deducted by the responsible person before payment.\n(7) For the purposes of this regulation “the responsible person” means—\n(a) so far as the regulation relates to a payment under regulation 10C(1), the pension provider, and\n(b) so far as it relates to any other payment, the police pension authority.\n(7) For the purposes of this regulation “the responsible person” means–\n(a) so far as the regulation relates to a payment under regulation 11(1), the pension provider; and\n(b) so far as it relates to the payment of any other lump sum, the police authority.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 15 substituted (E.W.) (10.2.2003) by The Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/27), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 8(1) and (S.) (1.10.2003) by The Police Pensions (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/406), reg. 1(1), sch. 2 para. 8(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 15(2)(a) substituted (S.) (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(d) of the amending S.S.I.) by The Police Pensions (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/75), regs. 1(1), 21(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 15(2)(a) substituted (E.W.) (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Police Pension Schemes and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/530), regs. 1(1), 27(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 15(2)(a) inserted (E.W.) (with effect from 1.12.2000) by The Police Pensions (Pension Sharing) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3202), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 15(2) inserted (E.W.) (with effect from 5.12.2005) by The Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/740), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 1 and (S.) (with effect from 5.12.2005) by The Police Pensions Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/285), reg. 1(2), sch. 2 para. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 15(3) substituted (E.W.) (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Police Pension Schemes and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/530), regs. 1(1), 27(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Reg. 15(4)(5) omitted (S.) (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(d) of the amending S.S.I.) by virtue of The Police Pensions (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/75), regs. 1(1), 21(b) and (E.W.) (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Police Pension Schemes and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/530), regs. 1(1), 27(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in reg. 15(6) inserted (E.W.) (with effect from 1.12.2000) by The Police Pensions (Pension Sharing) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3202), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Reg. 15(7) substituted (E.W.) (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Police Pension Schemes and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/530), regs. 1(1), 27(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Reg. 15(7) inserted (S.) (1.10.2003) by The Police Pensions (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/406), reg. 1(1), sch. 2 para. 8(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Reg. 15(7)(a) substituted (S.) (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(d) of the amending S.S.I.) by The Police Pensions (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/75), regs. 1(1), 21(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in reg. 15(7)(a) substituted (S.) (1.4.2019) by The Police Pensions (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/68), regs. 1(2), 19"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 15 in force at 1.7.1991, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1304/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:43:22.820768+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."
}