{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-pensions-amendment-regulations-2001/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-pensions-amendment-regulations-2001/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2001/263",
  "legislation_title": "Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-pensions-amendment-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Election to convert to membership in respect of service on or after 1st July 1994",
  "text": "(1) Any auxiliary member in service on or after 1st July 1994 may elect in writing to the Police Authority within 28 days of the coming into operation of these Regulations to be treated as a member under the Pensions Regulations with effect from:\n(a) 1st July 1994;\n(b) any date chosen by that auxiliary member after 1st July 1994 until the day before the coming into operation of these Regulations, or\n(c) the date of the coming into operation of these Regulations\n(2) If an auxiliary member in service on or after 1st July 1994 has died or dies before making an election under paragraph (1), an election may be made to treat his service as membership under the Pensions Regulations.\n(3) An election under paragraph (2) may be made by the following:\n(a) the deceased’s spouse;\n(b) where there is no spouse, by an adult dependant relative of the deceased who would be entitled to benefits under the Pensions Regulations following such an election (whether or not such person would also be entitled to benefits by virtue of Part M);\n(c) where paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply, by the personal representatives of the deceased.\n(4) An election may be made under paragraph (1) whether or not an auxiliary member to whom that paragraph applies is in service on the date of the coming into operation of these regulations.\n(5) An auxiliary member shall be treated as a member under the Pensions Regulations following an election under this regulation only to the extent set out in regulations 5, 6, 7 and 8.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/263/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:10:59.893979+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."
}