# The Police Pensions (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2008, 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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/387/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-amendment-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-5
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