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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-1987/schedule-J/part-I/crossheading-policemans-ordinary-pension/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/257",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pensions Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-1987",
  "path": "schedule/J/part/I/crossheading/policemans-ordinary-pension/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Commutation by policeman who retires or retired before 1st October 1987",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph shall apply in the case of a regular policeman who—\n(a) retired with an ordinary pension under the Regulations of 1973, or\n(b) retires with an ordinary pension under these Regulations before 1st October 1987.\n(2) Regulation B7(1) shall have effect as if sub-paragraph (b) thereof were omitted in the case of such a regular policeman—\n(a) who retired as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) of this paragraph and commuted a portion of his pension under the Regulations of 1973, or\n(b) other than a policeman such as is referred to in paragraph (a) of this sub-paragraph who not later than 6 months after his retirement elects that this sub-paragraph should apply in his case;\nand any election under paragraph (b) of this sub-paragraph shall be made by notice in writing given to the police authority.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/257/schedule/J/part/I/crossheading/policemans-ordinary-pension/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}