Regulation 5 The Police Pensions Regulations 1987

After paragraph (5) of regulation A6 (meaning of certain expressions in relation to persons who are not members of a home police force) insert–

“(5A)

For the purposes of these Regulations, a specified employee of SOCA shall be deemed to be a member of a home police force, except where the context otherwise requires.

(5B)

In relation to a specified employee of SOCA–

(a)

a reference in these Regulations to a force shall be construed as a reference to SOCA;

(b)

a reference in these Regulations to a police authority shall be construed as a reference to SOCA.

(5C)

For the purposes of regulation A4(3) to (5)–

(a)

a specified employee of SOCA shall be deemed to hold the rank of a member of a home police force (other than the metropolitan police force) equivalent to his SOCA grade as set out in the following table–

SOCA grade	Equivalent rank
5	constable
4	sergeant
3	inspector (but not chief inspector)
2	superintendent (but not chief superintendent)
1	chief superintendent;

and;

(b)

a specified employee of SOCA with a SOCA grade which is higher than 1 shall be deemed to hold the rank of assistant chief constable.”.