Police Service of Northern Ireland Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2007

Explanatory note

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These Regulations amend the Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions Regulations 1988.

Regulation 2 provides for the amendments in regulation 3 to have retrospective effect in certain cases. The amendments are backdated to 30th April 1998 (the date when the Police Negotiating Board agreed to bilateral arrangements to recognise the rank and service of transferees from the British Transport Police Force for the purposes of pay and allowances). In the case of members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland who transferred on or after that date but before 1st February 2001 (the date when the Strategic Rail Authority was established) this backdating is at the discretion of the Northern Ireland Policing Board (“the Board”)

Regulation 3 provides for the transfer payment of the pension of a person who becomes a member having previously served in the British Transport Police Force to be treated on the more favourable basis which is already currently accorded to the pensions of members who have previously served in other public sector posts. In the case of a person who is aged 55 or over at the time of the transfer, or where there has been an interval of longer than one month between the two periods of service, that more favourable treatment will require the agreement of the British Transport Police Force Superannuation Fund administrators and of the Board.