{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015/schedule-4/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015/schedule-4/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/445",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pensions Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“the 1987 Regulations” means the Police Pensions Regulations 1987 ;\n“the 2006 Regulations” means the Police Pensions Regulations 2006 ;\n“1987 transition member” means a person—\n(a)who is a member of the 1987 scheme by virtue of his or her pensionable service under that scheme before the transition date; and\n(b)who is a member of this scheme by virtue of his or her pensionable service under this scheme;\n“2006 transition member” means a person—\n(a)who is a member of the 2006 scheme by virtue of his or her pensionable service under that scheme before the transition date; and\n(b)who is a member of this scheme by virtue of his or her pensionable service under this scheme;\n“active member”, in relation to this scheme, means a person—\n(a)who is an active member of this scheme; or\n(b)who, for the purpose of determining entitlement to payment of benefits to or in respect of the member, is taken to be an active member of this scheme ;\n“closing date”, in relation to a transition member, means—\n(za) if the member is a full protection member of the existing police pension scheme, 31st March 2022;\n(a)if the member is a tapered protection member of the existing police pension scheme, the tapered protection closing date for that member; or\n(b)if the member is not a protected member of the existing police pension scheme, the scheme closing date;\n“exception” means an exception to section 18(1) of the Act;\n“full protection member”—\n(a)in relation to the 1987 scheme, has the meaning given in Part 2 of this Schedule;\n(b)in relation to the 2006 scheme, has the meaning given in Part 3 of this Schedule;\n(c)in relation to the 1988 NI police pension scheme or the 2009 NI police pension scheme, has the meaning given in the 2015 NI police pension scheme; and\n(d)in relation to an existing scheme other than the 1987 scheme or the 2006 scheme, means a person in respect of whom an exception under section 18(6) of the Act applies for the purpose of that scheme;\n“period of service”—\n(a)in relation to this scheme, means a continuous period of pensionable service under this scheme;\n(b)in relation to an existing scheme, the 1988 NI police pension scheme or the 2009 NI police pension scheme, means a period of pensionable service under that scheme;\n“protected member”, in relation to the existing police pension scheme, means a full protection member or tapered protection member of that scheme;\n“protection period”—\n(a)for a full protection member of the 1987 scheme, has the meaning given in Part 2 of this Schedule;\n(b)for a full protection member of the 2006 scheme, has the meaning given in Part 3 of this Schedule;\n(c)for a tapered protection member of the 1987 scheme, has the meaning given in Part 4 of this Schedule;\n(d)for a tapered protection member of the 2006 scheme, has the meaning given in Part 5 of this Schedule;\n“tapered protection member”—\n(a)in relation to the 1987 scheme, has the meaning given in Part 4 of this Schedule;\n(b)in relation to the 2006 scheme, has the meaning given in Part 5 of this Schedule;\n(c)in relation to the 1988 NI police pension scheme or the 2009 NI police pension scheme, has the meaning given in the 2015 NI police pension scheme; and\n(d)in relation to an existing scheme other than the 1987 scheme or the 2006 scheme, means a person in respect of whom an exception under section 18(6) of the Act applies for the purpose of that scheme; and\n“transition date”, in relation to a transition member, means—\n(za) if the member is a full protection member of the existing police pension scheme, 1st April 2022;\n(a)if the member is a tapered protection member of the existing police pension scheme, the day after the tapered protection closing date for that member;\n(b)if the member is not a protected member of that scheme, the day after the scheme closing date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 1 inserted (1.4.2022) by The Police and Firefighters’ Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/336), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 1 inserted (1.4.2022) by The Police and Firefighters’ Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/336), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/257."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/3415."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "See Chapter 1 of Part 4 (active membership) for when a member of a police force is taken to be an active member of this scheme."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/445/schedule/4/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}