{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-pension-sharing-regulations-2002/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-pension-sharing-regulations-2002/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/3202",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pensions (Pension Sharing) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-pension-sharing-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nPENSIONS, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 20th December 2002\nLaid before Parliament 8th January 2003\nComing into force 1st February 2003\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1 to 6 and 7(1) of the Police Pensions Act 1976, with the consent of the Treasury and after consultation with the Police Negotiating Board for the United Kingdom, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1976 c. 35. Section 1 is amended by section 2(3) of the Police Negotiating Board Act 1980 (c. 10), section 103 and paragraph 28 of Schedule 7 to the Police Act 1996 (c. 16) and section 1(1) of the Police and Firemen’s Pensions Act 1997 (c. 52). Section 7(1) is amended by section 1(2) of the Police and Firemen’s Pensions Act 1997. These powers are extended by section 42 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30). Functions under the Act as regards Scotland are transferred by S.I. 1999/1750 article 2, Schedule 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Formerly the Minister for the Civil Service: see S.I. 1981/1670."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 2(3) of the Police Negotiating Board Act 1980 (c. 10)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3202/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:35:08.664746+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."
}