Explanatory note

These Regulations further amend the Police Pensions Regulations 1987 so as to modify the calculation of pensions in cases where there has been part-time service (introduced by concurrent amendments to the Police Regulations 1987).

The definitions inserted by regulation 2 refer to the Police Regulations 1987 as amended. Part-time appointments may be made under regulation 8A of those Regulations; for ranks below superintendent, the “appropriate factor” is, by reference to the period covered by a duty roster, the number of hours the holder of such an appointment is required to work divided by the number of hours required of a full-time policeman; for higher ranks sharing duties, the factor is one half.

Regulation 3 requires part-time service to be multiplied by that factor in reckoning pensionable service.

Regulation 4 requires pay during part-time service to be scaled up to a full-time equivalent in calculating average pensionable pay.

An assumption of continuing service is one element in the calculation of a deferred pension. Regulation 5 requires continuing part-time service to be assumed where a policeman’s final service was part-time.