{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-purchase-of-increased-benefits-regulations-1987/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-purchase-of-increased-benefits-regulations-1987/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2215",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pensions (Purchase of Increased Benefits) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-purchase-of-increased-benefits-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) An eligible policeman who is serving as a regular policeman may, within 12 months of—\n(a) the date on which he last became a regular policeman, or\n(b) 1st February 1988,\nwhichever is the later, elect under regulation 3 to make payment by a lump sum calculated in accordance with paragraph 1 or 3, as the case may require, of Part I of the Schedule.\n(2) An eligible policeman who has ceased to serve as a regular policeman, but who was so serving on 1st February 1988, may within 12 months of 1st February 1988 elect under regulation 3 to make payment by a lump sum calculated in accordance with the said paragraph 1 or 3.\n(3) A lump sum payment under this regulation shall be made within 3 months of the date of election and, if it is not so made, the election shall be deemed for the purposes of these Regulations never to have been made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1990/805",
      "affecting_title": "The Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 1990"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2215/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:14:21.296532+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."
}