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Regulation 11 Police Pension Board: membership

(1)

Subject to regulation 13 (police pension board: conflicts of interest) the Police Pension Board is to consist of the following members who are to be entitled to vote in its proceedings (“voting members”)

(a)

an independent chair appointed by the scheme managerF1...;

(b)

at least 4 and no more than 12 persons to be appointed by the chair with scheme manager approval.

(2)

The chair must not be an employer representative nor a member representative M1.

(3)

Equal numbers of employer representatives and member representatives must be appointed to the Police Pension Board under paragraph (1)(b), including a departmental finance director, who is to be treated as an employer representative.

(4)

The chair with scheme manager approval, may appoint to the Police Pension Board up to 2 independent members, who are not entitled to vote in its proceedings (“non-voting members”).

(5)

A member of the Police Pension Board is to hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of that member's appointment.

(6)

In this regulation, “independent” means neither an employer representative nor a member representative.

(7)

In this Regulation “departmental finance director” means —

(a)

an accounting officer appointed by the Department under section 5 of the Government and Resources Accounts Act;or

(b)

a civil servant who has responsibility for the financial management of a government department.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 11(1)(a) omitted (1.4.2024) by virtue of The Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/38), regs. 2, 5

Marginal citations

M1

See section 5(7) of the Act for meaning of “employer representatives” and “member representatives”.