The Police Pensions (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014

Made: 13th February 2014

Laid before Parliament: 25th February 2014

Coming into force: 1st April 2014

In accordance with section 1(1) of that Act, the Treasury[^f00002] have consented to the making of these Regulations and the Secretary of State has consulted with the Police Negotiating Board for the United Kingdom[^f00003].

Citation, commencement and extent

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police Pensions (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 and shall come into force on 1st April 2014.

• (2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

Amendment to the Police Pensions Regulations 1987

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• (1) Regulation G2(1) of the Police Pensions Regulations 1987[^f00004] (pension contribution payable by regular policeman) is amended as follows.

• (2) In sub-paragraph (a)—

• (a) in paragraph (i), for “10 per cent” substitute “10.75 per cent”;

• (b) in paragraph (ii), for “13.5 per cent” substitute “14.25 per cent”.

• (3) In sub-paragraph (b)—

• (a) in paragraph (i), for “10.5 per cent” substitute “11.55 per cent”;

• (b) in paragraph (ii), for “14 per cent” substitute “15.05 per cent”.

Amendment to the Police Pensions Regulations 2006

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• (1) Regulation 7(1) of the Police Pensions Regulations 2006[^f00005] (pension contributions payable by regular police officers) is amended as follows.

• (2) In sub-paragraph (a)—

• (a) in paragraph (i), for “7.2 per cent” substitute “7.5 per cent”;

• (b) in paragraph (ii), for “10.7 per cent” substitute “11 per cent”.

• (3) In sub-paragraph (b)—

• (a) in paragraph (i), for “8 per cent” substitute “8.55 per cent”;

• (b) in paragraph (ii), for “11.5 per cent”, substitute “12.05 per cent”.

• (4) In sub-paragraph (c)—

• (a) in paragraph (i), for “8.5 per cent” substitute “9.25 per cent”;

• (b) in paragraph (ii), for “12 per cent” substitute “12.75 per cent”.

Signed

Damian Green — Minister of State — Home Office — 13th February 2014

We consent

Mark Lancaster — Sam Gyimah — Two Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 13th February 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Police Pensions Regulations 1987 and the Police Pensions Regulations 2006 in order to increase the rates of contribution payable by members of the police pension schemes governed by those Regulations.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1976 c. 35. Sections 1 to 7 were amended by section 2(3) of the Police Negotiating Board Act 1980 (c. 10), paragraph 19 of Schedule 5 to the Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (c. 29), paragraphs 28 and 29 of Schedule 7 to the Police Act 1996 (c. 16), section 1(1) and (2) of the Police and Firemen’s Pensions Act 1997 (c. 52), section 78(2)(f) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (c. 32), section 126(1) of and paragraph 6(1) and (2) of Schedule 4 to the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c.16), paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 3 to the International Development Act 2002 (c.1), paragraph 30 of Schedule 4 to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), paragraph 58 of Schedule 1 and Part 1(A) of Schedule 15 to the Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 9 to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47), paragraph 2(2) of the Schedule to S.I. 2007/1098, paragraphs 128 to 130 of Schedule 16 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13) and paragraphs 24 and 25 of Schedule 8 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22).

[^f00002]: The functions of the Minister for the Civil Service were transferred to the Treasury by the Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1670).

[^f00003]: See section 61 of the Police Act 1996.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1987/257. Regulation G2 was amended by S.I. 1990/805, S.I. 2004/2354 and S.I. 2011/3063, substituted by S.I. 2012/640 and then further amended by S.I. 2013/487.

[^f00005]: S.I. 2006/3415. Regulation 7 was amended by S.I. 2011/3063, substituted by S.I. 2012/640 and then further amended by S.I. 2013/487.