Paragraph 6

In regulation 11 (retirement pensions)–

(a)

in paragraph (1) for “commencing on the date of his retirement” substitute

“commencing–

(a)

in the case of a participator within paragraph (2), on the date of his retirement, and

(b)

in the case of a participator within paragraph (2A), from the date on which the police authority apply the amount obtained under paragraph (6) as mentioned in that paragraph.”;

(b)

in paragraph (2) after “participator” insert “who retires before 1st November 1999”;

(c)

after paragraph (2) insert–

“(2A)

A participator who retires on or after 1st November 1999 is to make a pension election before his 75th birthday.”;

(d)

in paragraph (3) for the words following sub-paragraph (c) substitute “and, in the case of a participator within paragraph (2), from which of the pension providers, or, in the case of a participator within paragraph (2A), from which insurance company, the pension is to be purchased.”;

(e)

in paragraph (6)–

(i)

for “(7) and (8)” substitute “(7) to (8)”; and

(ii)

after “pension provider” insert “or, as the case may be, insurance company”;

(f)

in paragraph (7) after “paragraph (8),” insert “in the case of a participator who retires before 1st November 1999,”; and

(g)

after paragraph (7) insert–

“(7A)

Subject to paragraph (8), in the case of a participator who retires on or after 1st November 1999 and does not make a pension election before his 75th birthday, the police authority shall apply the amount obtained to the purchase from an insurance company of such a retirement pension as appears to them to be suitable having regard to the participator’s family circumstances and his age and health.”.