{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015/schedule-4/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015/schedule-4/paragraph-4.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/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Continuity of service (1987 transition members)",
  "text": "(1) A 1987 transition member (T) has continuity of service for the purpose of these Regulations if T has continuity of service in relation to—\n(a) a period of service under the 1987 scheme; and\n(b) a period of service under this scheme.\n(2) T has continuity of service in relation to a period of service under the 1987 scheme and a period of service under this scheme unless those periods of service are separated by a gap in pensionable service exceeding 5 years which—\n(a) begins on or before T's transition date; and\n(b) ends on the day on which T becomes an active member of this scheme.\n(3) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (2), T is not on a gap in pensionable service after the scheme closing date while T is in pensionable service under—\n(a) an existing scheme other than the 2006 scheme or the existing Scotland police pension scheme;\n(b) the 1988 NI police pension scheme;\n(c) another scheme under section 1 of the Act providing for payment of retirement pensions;\n(d) the 2015 NI police pension scheme.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/445/schedule/4/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}