The Police (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006

Pensionable and average pensionable pay and aggregate pension contributions

4.—(1) For the purposes of calculating an award to or in respect of a member of a police force his pensionable pay shall be calculated in the same way as if the award were one payable under the 1987 Regulations(1), in accordance with regulation G1(1) and (1A) of those Regulations.

(2) For the purposes of calculating an award to or in respect of a member of a police force his average pensionable pay shall be calculated in the same way as if it were an award payable under the 1987 Regulations, in accordance with regulation G1(2) to (9) of those Regulations, and as if—

(a)the relevant date for the purposes of the said regulation were the date of his last day of service as a regular policeman in the force of the police authority by whom the award is payable, and

(b)the provisions specified in paragraph 4(4) of Part VI of Schedule J (part-time service) to the 1987 Regulations included the following provisions of these Regulations, that is to say regulations 13(2) and (3) (amount of adult survivor’s special award), 14(2)(a) (amount of adult survivor’s augmented award) and 17(3), (4), (5) and (6) (amount of child’s special allowance), and paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of Schedule 5 (adult dependent relative’s special pension).

(3) For the purposes of an award calculated in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2), references in such provisions of the 1987 Regulations as are mentioned in those paragraphs to a person’s pensionable service shall in the case of a regular policeman who has made an election under regulation G4(1) of those Regulations include references to the pensionable service which would have been reckonable by him if he had not made such an election.

(4) For the purposes of calculating an award to or in respect of a regular police officer his aggregate pension contributions shall be calculated in the same way as if it were an award payable under the 1987 Regulations, in accordance with regulation A10 of those Regulations.