Regulation 3 Revocation and saving

Subject to paragraph (2), the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve (Pensions) Regulations 1973^f1 shall cease to have effect in so far as they apply to reserve members except in the case of an award or payment to or in respect of a person who retired or otherwise ceased to be a reserve member before 1st July 1997, including an award on the death of such a person on or after the said date.

In the case of a person who became a reserve member before 1st July 1997 to whom any award becomes payable under these regulations and to whom, if these regulations had not been made, an award would have been payable under those regulations of 1973, the award so payable shall be of the amount calculated in accordance with those regulations of 1973 or of the amount calculated in accordance with the corresponding provisions of these regulations, whichever amount is the greater.