Regulation 18 Retirement

(1)

Without prejudice to the provisions mentioned in paragraph (3), a member of a police force may retire only if he has given to the police authority a month’s written notice of his intention to retire or such shorter notice as may have been accepted by that authority:

Provided that, while suspended under the Discipline Regulations, a member may not, without the consent of the chief officer of police, give notice for the purposes of this regulation or retire in pursuance of a notice previously given.

(2)

In the case of a chief officer of police, deputy chief constable or assistant chief constable, the preceding paragraph shall have effect as if for the reference to the chief officer of police there were substituted a reference to the police authority.

(3)

The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a)

the provisions of sections 5 and 6 of the Police Act 1964 relating to retirement in the interests of efficiency;

(b)

the provisions of section 58(3) of the Police Act 1964 relating to the retirement of chief constables affected by amalgamations or local government reorganisation;

(c)

the provisions of the Police Pensions Regulations relating to compulsory retirement, and

(d)

the provisions of the Discipline Regulations relating to resignation as an alternative to dismissal.