{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-3/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-3/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2015/113",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Added pension option exercisable by member",
  "text": "(1) An active member of this scheme may opt to make payments for added pension to increase—\n(a) the member's retirement benefits for a period of service; or\n(b) the member's retirement benefits and death benefits payable in respect of the member for a period of service.\n(2) A member may exercise the added pension option by written notice to the scheme manager in a form required by the scheme manager (“the option notice”).\n(3) The option notice must state whether the payments for added pension are to be made by—\n(a) periodical payments; or\n(b) a lump sum payment.\n(4) A member may exercise the added pension option more than once but an option to make a lump sum payment for added pension may only be exercised once in any scheme year.\n(5) An option to make a lump sum payment for added pension may only be exercised if the member—\n(a) has been an active member of this scheme in relation to a continuous period of pensionable service for at least 12 months; and\n(b) has been provided with a statement of the amount of added pension (if paragraph 16 applies).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Added pension which increases the member's retirement benefits is payable to the member as part of the member's full retirement pension in accordance with the provisions of Part 6 of these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 5(5) excluded (1.10.2023) by The Police Pensions (Remediable Service) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/122), regs. 1(b), 30"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/113/schedule/3/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:03:04.118896+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."
}