Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 1972
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1972/1642 |
| Year | 1972 |
1972 No. 1642
POLICE
The Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 19721stNovember 1972
10thNovember 1972
1stDecember 1972
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 1972.
2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1st December 1972.
3. In these Regulations any reference to the principal Regulations is a reference to the Police Pensions Regulations 1971(j), as amended (k).
4. For Regulation 90(5) of the principal Regulations (awards on death of servicemen) there shall be substituted the following provision:—
"(5) The weekly amount of any pension payable under paragraph (4)(a) shall be £3·14.".
(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. 1971/232 (1971 I, p. 700).
(k) The relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1971/1327 (1971 II, p. 3794).
5. In Part XIII of the principal Regulations (application of Pensions (Increase) Act 1971) any reference to the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971(a) shall be construed as a reference to that Act as amended by the Superannuation Act 1972.
6. For paragraphs 3 and 4 of Part I or Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (widow's ordinary pension—standard rate) there shall be substituted the following provisions:—
"3.—(1) Where in respect of any period a widow so elects, then, subject to paragraph 4, the weekly amount of her ordinary pension in respect of that period shall be, if her husband at the time when he ceased to be a regular policeman—
(a) held a rank higher than that of inspector, £4·92;
(b) held the rank of inspector, £4·09;
(c)...
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