Police Pensions (Transitory Provisions) Regulations 1973
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1973/429 |
| Year | 1973 |
1973 No. 429
POLICE
The Police Pensions (Transitory Provisions) Regulations 19739thMarch 1973
27thMarch 1973
1stApril 1973
In exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 1 and 5(4) 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, section 11(7) of the Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967(f), sections 35 and 38(4) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967(g), section 4(5) of the Police Act 1969(h) and sections 12, 15 and 29(1) of the Superannuation Act 1972(i) 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(j), make the following Regulations:—
Citation, commencement and effect
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police Pensions (Transitory Provisions) Regulations 1973.
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 1st April 1973 and shall have effect as from 1st April 1972.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In these Regulations references to the Regulations of 1971 and to the Regulations of 1973 are, respectively, references to the Police Pensions Regulations 1971(k), as amended(l) and to the Police Pensions Regulations 1973(m).
(2) These Regulations shall be construed as one with the Regulations of 1973.
(a) 1948 c. 24.
(b) 1951 c. 65.
(c) 1958 c. 14.
(d) 1961 c. 35.
(e) 1964 c. 48.
(f) 1967 c. 28.
(g) 1967 c. 77.
(h) 1969 c. 63.
(i) 1972 c. 11.
(j) Formerly the Treasury; see S.I. 1968/1656 (1968 III, p. 4485).
(k) S.I. 1971/232 (1971 I, p. 700).
(l) The amending instruments are not relevant to the subject matter of these Regulations.
(m) S.I. 1973/428 (1973 I, p. 1401).
Commutation—variation of notice
3.—(1) This Regulation shall apply to a regular policeman who retired on or after 1st April 1972 but before 1st April 1973.
(2) Where a regular policeman to whom this Regulation applies has given notice of commutation under Regulation 24 of the Regulations of 1971 (in this Regulation referred to as the "original notice") he may give further notice to the police authority of his wish to increase the portion of his pension commuted for a lump sum to such portion, not exceeding a quarter of the pension which would be payable but for the provisions of Regulation 25 of the Regulations of 1973 as (subject to the limitation...
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