# The Police Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015, Regulation 86: 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 transition date ; and
(d) for a 1988 transition member with continuity of service, the period of pensionable service the member is entitled to reckon under the 1988 scheme before the member's transition date .
(2) In calculating the member's qualifying service for a member who falls within regulation 4(1)(a) or (c), a period of part-time service under this scheme or existing police pension scheme counts as if it were a period of full-time service.
(3) In calculating the member’s qualifying service for a member who falls within regulation 4(1)(b) or (d), a continuous period of service under this scheme or an existing police pension scheme counts as if it were a period of full-time service in the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve.
(4) None of the following is counted as 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 1988 scheme after the member's closing date;
(d) any unauthorised absence from eligible service.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/113/regulation/86 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-86
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