{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/superannuation-act-1972/section-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/superannuation-act-1972/section-15.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/11",
  "legislation_title": "Superannuation Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/superannuation-act-1972",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Members of police forces, special constables and police cadets.",
  "text": "1)—(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) Section 12 (except subsections (3) and (6)) of this Act shall apply in relation to—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) regulations relating to pensions under section 51 or 52 of the Police Act 1996 (special constables and police cadets); or\n(ba) regulations made under section 48 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012, as extended by article 14 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (special constables and police cadets),\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nas it applies in relation to regulations under section 7, 8(2), 9 or 10 of this Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 15(1)–(4) repealed by Police Pensions Act 1976 (c. 35), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 15(5)(a) repealed by Police Pensions Act 1976 (c. 35), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 15(5)(b) substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 16, ss. 103, 104(1), Sch. 7 Pt. II para. 19"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 15(5)(ba) and word inserted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 8(2)(a) (with Sch. 3 para. 10(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 15(5)(c)(d) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 8(2)(b) (with Sch. 3 para. 10(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 7-10, 11(2), 12, 15(5), 16, 24: transfer of certain functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1750, arts. 1(1), 2, Sch. 1 (with art. 7); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/11/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:49:16.027782+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."
}