{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/445",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pensions Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Establishment of scheme",
  "text": "These Regulations establish a scheme for the payment of pensions and other benefits to or in respect of members of a police force in England and Wales other than special constables or police cadets .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Under paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Act, “members of a police force” in relation to England and Wales includes special constables and police cadets. See section 101 of PA 1996 for the meaning of “police force”."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "See the Special Constables (Pensions) Regulations 1973 (S.I. 1973/431) and the Police Cadets (Pensions) Regulations 1973 (S.I. 1973/430)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/445/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:45:30.636565+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."
}