Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 1975
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1975/1718 |
| Year | 1975 |
1975 No. 1718
POLICE
The Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 197522ndOctober 1975
31stOctober 1975
1stDecember 1975
In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1 of the Police Pensions Act 1948(a), as extended and amended by section 43 of the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951(b), section 5(3) of the Overseas Service Act 1958(c) and Schedule 2 thereto, section 1(1) of the Police Pensions Act 1961(d), sections 40, 43(4), 45(4) and 63 of the Police Act 1964(e) and Schedules 6 and 9 thereto, sections 35 and 38(4) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967(f), section 4(5) of the Police Act 1969(g) and sections 12, 15 and 29(1) of the Superannuation Act 1972(h) and Schedule 6 thereto, and after consultation with the Police Council for the United Kingdom, I hereby, with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service(i), make the following Regulations:—
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 1975.
2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1st December 1975.
3. In these Regulations references to the principal Regulations are references to the Police Pensions Regulations 1973(j), as amended (k), and references to the old cases Regulations are references to the Police Pensions Regulations 1971(l), as amended (m) and in so far as they continue to have effect (n).
4. In Regulation 81(3) of the principal Regulations (payment without probate of sum due to a deceased person on account of an award) for the sum "£500" there shall be substituted the sum "£1,500".
(a) 1948 c. 24.
(b) 1951 c. 65.
(c) 1958 c. 14.
(d) 1961 c. 35.
(e) 1964 c. 48.
(f) 1967 c. 77.
(g) 1969 c. 63.
(h) 1972 c. 11.
(i) Formerly the Treasury; see S.I. 1968/1656 (1968 III, p. 4485).
(j) S.I. 1973/428 (1973 I, p. 1401).
(k) The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1974/1533, 1796 (1974 III, pp. 5822, 6319).
(l) S.I. 1971/232 (1971 I, p. 700).
(m) The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1974/1533, 1796 (1974 III, pp. 5822, 6319).
(n) See S.I. 1973/428 (1973 I, p. 1401).
5.—(1) This Regulation shall have effect for the purposes of the amendment of the following Regulations (awards on death of servicemen), namely—
Regulation 93 of the principal Regulations;
Regulation 90 of the old cases Regulations.
(2) For paragraph (5) of each of the said Regulations there shall be substituted the following provision:—
"(5) The weekly amount of any pension payable under paragraph (4)(a) shall be...
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