# The Police Pensions Regulations 2015, Regulation 88: Qualifying service


(1) In these Regulations, “qualifying service” means the total of—
(a) any continuous period of pensionable service under this scheme not counting—
(i) any gap in service;
(ii) any career break;
(iii) any other period of unpaid leave;
(b) if a transfer payment has been received by this scheme in respect of a member's accrued rights under another occupational pension scheme, the member's period of pensionable service under that scheme;
(c) for a 2006 transition member with continuity of service, the member's period of pensionable service under the 2006 scheme before the member's transition date ; and
(d) for a 1987 transition member with continuity of service, the period of pensionable service the member is entitled to reckon under the 1987 scheme before the member's transition date .
(2) In calculating the member's qualifying service, a period of part-time service under this scheme or under the existing police pension scheme counts as if it were a period of full-time service.
(3) None of the following is counted when calculating qualifying service—
(a) any pensionable service under this scheme in respect of which a person's rights under this scheme are extinguished ;
(b) any pensionable service under the existing police pension scheme in respect of which a person's rights under that scheme are extinguished;
(c) any service transferred into the 1987 scheme after the member's closing date;
(d) any unauthorised absence from eligible service.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/445/regulation/88 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015/regulation-88
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