{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-northern-ireland-pensions-amendment-regulations-2009/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-northern-ireland-pensions-amendment-regulations-2009/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2009/143",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Service of Northern Ireland (Pensions) (Amendment) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-northern-ireland-pensions-amendment-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Serious Organised Crime Agency",
  "text": "After regulation A13A of the principal regulations insert—\n“Serious Organised Crime Agency\nA13B (1) For the purposes of these Regulations a specified employee of SOCA shall be deemed to be a member, except where the context otherwise requires.\n(2) In relation to a specified employee of SOCA—\n(a) a reference in these regulations to the force shall be construed as a reference to SOCA;\n(b) a reference in these regulations to the Board (including any reference to the Police Authority which is to be construed as a reference to the Board) shall be construed as a reference to SOCA.\n(3) For the purposes of regulation A4(2) to (5)—\n(a) a specified employee of SOCA shall be deemed to hold the rank of a member equivalent to his SOCA grade as set out in the following table—\nSOCA Grade\nEquivalent Rank\n5\nConstable\n4\nSergeant\n3\nInspector (but not Chief Inspector)\n2\nSuperintendent (but not Chief Superintendent)\n1\nChief Superintendent\n(b) a specified employee of SOCA with a SOCA grade which is higher than 1 shall be deemed to hold the rank of Assistant Chief Constable.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/143/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:32:12.688050+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."
}