Paragraph 10

In regulation L1 (authorities responsible for payment of awards) after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted—

“(3)

An award payable to or in respect of a pension credit member under Part M, and any sum paid in commutation of such an award, is payable by the relevant police authority.

(4)

In these Regulations “the relevant police authority”, in relation to a pension credit member, means the police authority who employ the pension debit member in question at the time when the pension sharing order takes effect or, if he is not then employed by a police authority, the police authority by whom he was last employed.”.