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Regulation 167A Relevant payF1

(1)

For the purpose of determining the rate of member contributions under this Part, the relevant pay of a member (“M”), for a payment of M’s pensionable earnings, is—

(a)

if one or both of paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) applies to that payment, M’s joining pay;

(b)

otherwise, the sum of M’s pensionable earnings for each pay period that ended in the previous scheme year in relation to that payment.

(2)

This paragraph applies to a payment of M’s pensionable earnings if M is not, continuously, an active member during the relevant period for that payment.

(3)

This paragraph applies to a payment of M’s pensionable earnings if M returned from a long period of leave during the relevant period for that payment.

(4)

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), M’s “joining pay” is the annual rate of pay to which M was entitled on the later of—

(a)

the day that M most recently became an active member; and

(b)

the day that M most recently returned from a long period of leave.

(5)

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), any statutory pay paid to or for M is treated as included within M’s pensionable earnings.

(6)

For the purposes of paragraph (4), the “annual rate of pay to which M was entitled” is—

(a)

where M is a person in service as a member of a home police force, the annual rate of pay to which M was entitled as such a member, no account being taken of any retrospective increase in that rate of pay;

(b)

where M is a person in service as a member of a police force in England and Wales other than a home police force, the annual rate of pay to which M was entitled under M’s terms and conditions of employment, no account being taken of any retrospective increase in that rate of pay.

(7)

In this regulation—

  • “active member” means a person who—

    1. (a)

      is in pensionable service under this scheme; or

    2. (b)

      for the purpose of determining entitlement to payment of benefits to or in respect of that person, is taken to be an active member of this scheme;

  • “long period of leave” means any period lasting for a year or more which is—

    1. (a)

      a period of unpaid leave during which the employment relationship continues;

    2. (b)

      a period of permanent service; or

    3. (c)

      a combination of (a) and (b);

  • “previous scheme year”, in relation to a payment of pensionable earnings, means the scheme year before the scheme year during which falls the end of the pay period to which that payment relates;

  • “relevant period”, in relation to a payment of pensionable earnings, means the period—

    1. (a)

      beginning immediately before midnight at the end of 1st April during the previous scheme year in relation to that payment; and

    2. (b)

      ending at the end of the pay period to which that payment relates.

Annotations

Textual amendments

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Reg. 167A inserted (1.4.2026) by The Police Pensions (Member Contributions) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (England and Wales) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/267), regs. 1(1), 5 (with reg. 9)