Regulation 8 Police Authority to provide certificate of the amount of pensionable service giving entitlement to pension

After regulation F7 there shall be inserted the following regulation—

“Police Authority to provide certificate of the amount of pensionable service giving entitlement to pension

F7A

(1)

This regulation shall apply where, on or after 31st March 1996, a member has left the force and joined a police force in Great Britain with such consent as is mentioned in regulation A14(3) and the police authority for that force (hereafter in this regulation referred to as “the current police authority”) is contingently liable to make payments to or in respect of him under any legislation for the time being in force relating to the pensions of members of police forces in Great Britain.

(2)

Where this regulation applies the Police Authority shall furnish the current police authority with a certificate stating—

(a)

the amount of the pensionable service which the member to whom this regulation applies is entitled to reckon by reason of previous service in the force or in the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve or in a police force in Great Britain, including such service reckonable under regulations F3 to F6, and

(b)

whether or not that member has, at the time of leaving service in the force, made an election under regulation G4(1) (election not to pay pension contributions).

(3)

On the acceptance of a certificate under paragraph (2) by the current police authority, any entitlement of a member to whom this regulation applies to an award from the Police Authority shall cease to have effect.

(4)

The Police Authority shall furnish a member to whom this regulation applies with a copy of the certificate furnished under paragraph (2) together with a description of the effect of paragraph (3).”.