{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-1987/regulation-A4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-1987/regulation-A4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/257",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pensions Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/A4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "A4",
  "heading": "Meaning of certain expressions and references—general provisions",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—\n(a) the expressions contained in the glossary set out in Schedule A shall be construed as therein provided;\n(b) any reference to a member of a police force, however expressed, includes a reference to a person who has been such a member;\n(c) any reference to an award, however expressed, is a reference to an award under these Regulations.\n(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Regulation or a Part shall be construed as a reference to a Regulation contained in these Regulations or a Part thereof, a reference to a Schedule shall be construed as a reference to a Schedule to these Regulations, a reference to a paragraph shall be construed as a reference to a paragraph in the same Regulation or, as the case may be, the same Part of the same Schedule or the same Section thereof and a reference to a sub-paragraph shall be construed as a reference to a sub-paragraph contained in the same paragraph.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am (spec retrosp effect) (EW)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/1887",
      "affecting_title": "The Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "am (spec retrosp effect) (S)",
      "affecting": "ssi/2008/387",
      "affecting_title": "The Police Pensions (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/257/regulation/A4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:32:23.021534+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."
}