The Police Pensions (Contributions) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2012
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Citation | SSI 2012/71 |
| Year | 2012 |
2012 No. 71
Pensions
The Police Pensions (Contributions) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2012
Made 28th February 2012
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 1st March 2012
Coming into force 1st April 2012
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of the Police Pensions Act 19761and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 1(1) of that Act they have consulted with the Police Negotiating Board for the United Kingdom2.
Citation, commencement, and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police Pensions (Contributions) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2012.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st April 2012.
(3) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
Amendment to the Police Pensions Regulations 1987
2.—(1) The Police Pensions Regulations 19873are amended as follows.
(2) For regulation G2 (pension contribution payable by regular policeman) substitute—
“G2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (5) and regulation G2A, a regular police officer whose basic annual salary is £27,000 or less shall pay to the police authority pension contributions at the rate of 1p a week less than—
(a)
(a) in a case where he is ineligible under regulation G7 or G8 for a pension award payable on the ground of permanent disablement, 8.1 per cent of his pensionable pay; and
(b)
(b) in any other case 11.6 per cent of his pensionable pay.
(2) Subject to paragraph (5) and regulation G2A, a regular policeman whose basic annual salary is more than £27,000 but less than £60,000 shall pay to the police authority pension contributions at the rate of 1p a week less than—
(a)
(a) in a case where he is ineligible under regulation G7 or G8 for a pension award payable on the ground of permanent disablement, 8.75 per cent of his pensionable pay; and
(b)
(b) in any other case, 12.25 per cent of his pensionable pay.
(3) Subject to paragraph (5) and regulation G2A, a regular policeman whose basic annual salary is £60,000 or more shall pay to the police authority pension contributions at the rate of 1p a week less than—
(a)
(a) in a case where he is ineligible under regulation G7 or G8 for a pension award payable on the grounds of permanent disablement, 9 per cent of his pensionable pay; and
(b)
(b) in any other case, 12.5 per cent of his pensionable pay.
(4) The pension contributions payable under paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) upon each instalment of pay shall fall due at the same time as the instalment and may, without prejudice to any other method of payment, be discharged by way of a reduction of the appropriate amount made by the police authority from the said instalment.
(5) Paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) shall not apply in the case of a regular policeman who has made an election under regulation G4(1) which is, for the time being, in effect.
(6) For the purposes of this regulation “basic annual salary” means—
(a)
(a) in the case of a regular policeman in full-time service, the salary payable to that regular policeman in accordance with a determination made by Scottish Ministers under regulation 24 of the Police (Scotland) Regulations 20044; and
(b)
(b) in the case of a regular policeman in part-time service, the salary that would be payable to that regular policeman in accordance with such a determination if he was in full-time service,
and does not include any bonus, weighting or other payment payable to the regular policeman in accordance with such a determination.”.
Amendment of the Police Pensions (Scotland) Regulations 2007
3.—(1) The Police Pensions (Scotland) Regulations 20075are amended as follows.
(2) For regulation 7 (pension contributions payable by regular police officers) substitute—
“7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (5) and regulation 7A, a regular police officer whose basic annual salary is £27,000 or less shall pay to the police authority pension contributions at the rate of—
(a)
(a) in a case where the officer is ineligible under regulation 8 for a pension award payable on the ground of permanent disablement, 6.6 per cent of that officer’s pensionable pay; and
(b)
(b) in any other case, 10.1 per cent of that officer’s pensionable pay.
(2) Subject to paragraph (5) and regulation 7A, a regular police officer whose basic annual salary is more than £27,000 but less than £60,000 shall pay to the police authority pension contributions at the rate of—
(a)
(a) in a case where the officer is ineligible under regulation 8 for a pension award payable on the ground of permanent disablement, 7 per cent of that officer’s pensionable pay; and
(b)
(b) in any other...
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