# The Police Service of Northern Ireland (Pensions) (Amendment) Regulations 2009, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These regulations amend the Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions Regulations 1988, the Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions (Purchase of Increased Benefits) Regulations 1988 and the Police Service of Northern Ireland and Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006.
These amendments make provision for those regulations to apply to a “specified employee of SOCA”. Specified employees of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (“SOCA”) are those who immediately before joining SOCA, were serving as the Director General of the National Crime Squad, a police member of the National Crime Squad or the National Criminal Intelligence Service. The amendments enable specified employees of SOCA to remain members of the pension scheme established by the RUC Pensions Regulations 1988. The amendments also provide for the continued availability of benefits under the PSNI and PSNI Reserve (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006 where a specified employee of SOCA is permanently disabled as a result of injury received in the execution of duty.
The amendments provide for a new set of compulsory retirement ages for police officers and a new entitlement for voluntary retirement, making related amendments to the Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions (Purchase of Increased Benefits) Regulations 1988.
These Regulations have effect from 1st April 2006 save as follows. Regulations 27 to 30 have effect from 6th April 2006. Regulation 6 only has effect from 1st April 2006 to 30th September 2006. The following regulations have effect from 1st October 2006: regulations 2, 3 (in so far as it inserts regulation A13B(3) into regulation A6 of the RUC Pensions Regulations 1988), 7, 9(2) to (4) and (6), 10 to 12, 14, 17(3), 18 and 20 to 26.
Retrospective effect is permitted by Articles 14 and 15 of the Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/143/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-northern-ireland-pensions-amendment-regulations-2009/note
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