Regulation 3 Transfers to and from the National Criminal Intelligence Service or the National Crime Squad

in paragraph (1) after the words “Great Britain” there shall be inserted the following words—

“or on joining the NCIS or the NCS,”; and

after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(3)

For the purposes of Parts B, C and D, apart from regulations B5, B6, C4, C6, C7 and D4, a member who leaves the force on joining the NCIS or the NCS without making a written request to the appropriate Service Authority for the pensionable service that he is entitled to reckon by reason of service as a member to be reckonable for the purposes of the pension scheme of the NCIS or the NCS, and who accordingly has preserved rights under these regulations, shall be regarded as retiring, or ceasing to be a member, when he retires from, or ceases to be a member of, the NCIS or the NCS (unless he resumes service as a member or commences service as a member of a police force in Great Britain), and accordingly in Parts B, C and D, except in regulations B5, B6, C4, C6, C7 and D4—

(a)

any reference to a member shall be treated as including a reference to the Director General or a police member of the NCIS or the NCS with (in either case) such preserved rights;

(b)

any reference to the Police Authority shall be treated, in relation to any such person with preserved rights, as referring to the appropriate Service Authority;

(c)

any reference to pension contributions payable under regulation G2(1) shall be treated, in relation to any such person with preserved rights, as referring to contributions payable to the pension scheme of the NCIS or the NCS; and

(d)

any reference to a member who has or had made an election under regulation G4(1) which has or had effect at a specified time shall be treated as including a reference to any such person with preserved rights who is not or was not making contributions to the pension scheme of the NCIS or the NCS at the specified time.”.

for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(1)

This regulation shall apply where, on or after 31st March 1996, a member has left the force and joined—

(a)

a police force in Great Britain with such consent as is mentioned in regulation A14(3) and the police authority for that force 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; or

(b)

the NCIS or the NCS and the Service Authority for the NCIS or the Service Authority for the NCS, as the case may be, is contingently liable to make payments to or in respect of him under its pension scheme,

but in a case falling within sub-paragraph (b) it shall apply only where the member has informed the Police Authority in writing that he has made a written request to the appropriate Service Authority for the pensionable service that he is entitled to reckon by reason of service as a member, including such service reckonable under regulations F3 to F7, to be reckonable for the purposes of the pension scheme of the NCIS or the NCS.”;

in paragraphs (2) and (3), after the word “current” the word “police” shall be omitted; and

after paragraph (4) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“(5)

In this regulation “the current authority” means—

(a)

in a case falling within paragraph (1)(a), the police authority of the police force in Great Britain which the former member has joined; and

(b)

in a case falling within paragraph (1)(b), the Service Authority for the NCIS or the Service Authority for the NCS, as the case may be.”.