SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 16Police reform: minor and consequential amendments

Part 3Other enactments

97Pensions (Increase) Act 1971

1

Paragraph 51 is amended in accordance with this paragraph.

2

For “police authority” (in the first place) substitute “local policing body or a chief officer of police”.

3

In sub-paragraph (a), for “such a police authority; or” substitute “a police authority;”.

4

After sub-paragraph (a), insert—

aa

service as a member of staff of a police and crime commissioner;

ab

service as a member of staff of the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime;

ac

service as a member of the civilian staff of a police force; or

5

In sub-paragraph (b), for “by such a” substitute “by a chief constable established under section 2 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis or by a”.

6

After sub-paragraph (b) insert—

In this paragraph—

a

references to the staff of a police and crime commissioner, the staff of the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, and the civilian staff of a police force, have the same meanings as in Part 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011;

b

“police force” includes the metropolitan police force.