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The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25 and 26 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998(1), read with Articles 14 and 15 of the Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 1972(2).
In accordance with section 72(2A)(3) of that Act, the Treasury has consented to the making of these Regulations and, in accordance with section 62(3) of the Police Act 1996(4), the Secretary of State has consulted with the Police Negotiating Board for the United Kingdom.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Police Service of Northern Ireland and Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006 and shall come into operation on 25th July 2006 but have effect from 6th April 2006(5).
Meaning of certain expressions and references - general provisions
(b)any reference to a police officer, however expressed, includes a reference to a person who has been a police officer;
3.—(1) For the purposes of calculating an award to or in respect of a police officer his pensionable pay shall be calculated in the same way as if the award were one payable under the 1988 Regulations(6), 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 police officer his average pensionable pay shall be calculated in the same way as if it were an award payable under the 1988 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 police officer, and
(b)the provisions specified in paragraph 4(4) of Part VI of Schedule J (part-time service) to the 1988 Regulations included the following provisions of these Regulations, that is to say regulations 12(2) and (3) (amount of adult survivor’s special award), 13(2)(a) (amount of adult survivor’s augmented award), and 16(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 1988 Regulations as are mentioned in those paragraphs to a person’s pensionable service shall in the case of a police officer 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 police officer his aggregate pension contributions shall be calculated in the same way as if it were an award payable under the 1988 Regulations, in accordance with regulation A9 of those Regulations.
5.—(1) A reference in these Regulations to an injury received in the execution of duty by a police officer means an injury received in the execution of that person’s duty as a constable.
(a)the police officer concerned received the injury while on duty or while on a journey necessary to enable him to report for duty or return home after duty, or
(b)he would not have received the injury had he not been known to be a constable, or
(c)the Board is of the opinion that the preceding condition may be satisfied and that the injury should be treated as one received in the execution of duty.
(3) In the case of a person who is not a constable but is within the definition of “police officer” in the glossary set out in Schedule 1, paragraphs (1) and (2) shall have effect as if the references to a constable were references to such a person.
(4) For the purposes of these Regulations an injury shall be treated as received without the default of the police officer concerned unless the injury is wholly or mainly due to his own serious and culpable negligence or misconduct.
(5) Notwithstanding anything in the 1988 Regulations relating to a period of service in the armed forces, an injury received in the execution of duty as a member of the armed forces shall not be deemed to be an injury received in the execution of duty as a police officer.
6.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a reference in these Regulations to a person being permanently disabled is to be taken as a reference to that person being disabled at the time when the question arises for decision and to that disablement being at that time likely to be permanent.
(2) In the case of a person who is totally disabled, paragraph (1) shall have effect, for the purposes of regulations 11 and 20, as if the reference to “that disablement being at that time likely to be permanent” were a reference to the total disablement of that person being likely to be permanent.
(3) For the purposes of deciding if a person’s disablement is likely to be permanent, that person shall be assumed to receive normal appropriate medical treatment for his disablement, and in this paragraph “appropriate medical treatment” shall not include medical treatment that it is reasonable in the opinion of the Board for that person to refuse.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5), disablement means inability, occasioned by infirmity of mind or body, to perform the ordinary duties of a police officer except that, in relation to the child or to the widower or surviving civil partner of a woman police officer, it means inability, occasioned as aforesaid, to earn a living.
(5) Where it is necessary to determine the degree of a person’s disablement it shall be determined by reference to the degree to which his earning capacity has been affected as a result of an injury received without his own default in the execution of his duty as a police officer:
(7) Where a person has retired before becoming disabled and the date on which he becomes disabled cannot be ascertained, it shall be taken to be the date on which the claim that he is disabled is first made known to the Board.
7. For the purposes of these Regulations disablement or death or treatment at a hospital shall be deemed to be the result of an injury if the injury has caused or substantially contributed to the disablement or death or the condition for which treatment is being received.
8.—(1) These Regulations shall have effect as if anything done, or treated as done, under or for the purposes of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (Injury Benefit) Regulations 1988(7) or those provisions of the 1988 Regulations as are specified in paragraph (3) had been done under or for the purposes of the corresponding provision of these Regulations.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1) references in that paragraph to anything done shall include—
(3) The provisions of the 1988 Regulations referred to in paragraph (1) are—
(a)regulation B4 (member’s injury award);
(j)regulation K4 (withdrawal of pension during service as policeman); and
9.—(1) The 1988 Regulations shall be amended in accordance with Part 1 of Schedule 2.
(2) The Regulations specified in Part 2 of Schedule 2 are hereby revoked to the extent there mentioned.
(4) Where, in respect of any week, a pension is payable to the widow in pursuance of section 67 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975(8) in consequence of her husband’s death and the amount of that pension exceeds that of a widow’s pension under section 26 of that Act as specified in Part I of Schedule 4 thereto at the time of the husband’s death, then the amount of her special pension in respect of that week shall be reduced by that excess.
(ii)if they are recovered for that person’s benefit in respect of a claim under the Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977(9);
(2) Where the annual amount of any adult survivor’s special pension does not exceed £260, or any greater amount prescribed by regulations for the time being in force under paragraph 15(4) of Schedule 16 to the Social Security Act 1973(10) (other than a pension which does not exceed that amount by reason of the commutation of part thereof under paragraph (1)), the Board may, at its discretion, commute it for a gratuity.
(b)so much as is attributable to the week of any allowances to which he was entitled under regulation 37 of and Schedule 4 to the Police Service of Northern Ireland Regulations 2005(11).
28.—(1) Where it is provided that, for the purpose of calculating an award by way of periodical payments or a gratuity (“the relevant award”), an amount shall be increased in accordance with this regulation, it shall be increased by the amount, if any, by which a corresponding pension, within the meaning of the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971(12), of the amount first mentioned would from time to time be increased under the Pensions (Increase) Acts if—
(c)it were not a pension to which section 1(2)(a) of the Pensions (Increase) Act 1974(13) applies, and
(5) The rules of evidence applicable in the case of an appeal to a county court under Article 28 of the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980(14) shall apply in the case of an appeal under this regulation.
(4) Where early payment of a deferred pension ceases in pursuance of regulation K1(7)(15) of the 1988 Regulations, then any injury pension under regulation 10 payable to the person concerned shall also be terminated.
(3) On the death of the beneficiary to whom a sum is due on account of an award which does not exceed £5,000 or such higher amount as may from time to time be prescribed for the purposes of section 6 of the Administration of Estates (Small Payments) Act (Northern Ireland) 1967(16), the Board may, without probate, confirmation or any other formality or proof of title, pay the said sum to the persons appearing to the Board to be beneficially entitled to the personal estate of the deceased or, as the Board thinks fit, pay the said sum to one or more of those persons or distribute it among all or any of those persons in such proportions as the Board may determine.
PART 7POLICE SERVICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND RESERVE
Members of the Police Service Northern Ireland Reserve
42.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) these Regulations shall apply to members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve.
(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, in these Regulations a reference to:
(a)a police officer shall be read as a reference to a person who is a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve as defined in section 1(3) of the 2000 Act;
(b)the Police Service, and service shall be read as references to the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve;
(c)the 1988 Regulations shall be read as a reference to those Regulations as applied to the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve by the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve (Full-time) Pensions Regulations 2004(17).
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall be construed as follows —
“the 1988 Regulations” means the Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions Regulations 1988;
“the 2000 Act” means the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000(18);
“aggregate pension contributions”, for the purpose of calculating an award, has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 3(4);
“average pensionable pay” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 3(2);
“child” means (without regard to age) legitimate or illegitimate child, step-child or adopted child and any other child who is substantially dependent on the police officer concerned and either is related to him or is the child of his spouse or civil partner; and “parent” shall be construed accordingly;
“disablement” and cognate expressions have the meanings assigned to them by regulation 6;
“infirmity” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 6;
“injury received in the execution of duty” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 5 and “the result of an injury” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 7;
“medical referee” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation H2(3) of the 1988 Regulations;
“Northern Ireland Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme” means the scheme referred to in Article 3 of the Criminal Injuries Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 2002(19).
“pensionable pay” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 3(1);
“the Pensions (Increase) Acts” means the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971(20) and the Pensions (Increase) Act 1974(21);
a constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland as defined in section 1(2) of the 2000 Act; or
a Police Service of Northern Ireland trainee as defined in section 36(3) of the 2000 Act;
“public holiday” means—
New Year’s Day, St Patrick’s Day, first Monday in May and last Monday in May, 12th July, last Monday in August, Christmas Day and 26th December; and
(in addition) in any year where New Year’s Day, Christmas Day or 26th December falls on a Saturday or Sunday, any substitute day;
“step-child” includes a person who is the child of the civil partner of the police officer concerned, but is not the child of that police officer;
SCHEDULE 3POLICE OFFICER’S INJURY AWARD
2. If in a case where any of the police officer’s service by virtue of which his pensionable service is reckonable was part-time service, the amount of the gratuity calculated in accordance with paragraph 1 would be less than it would have been if the person had become entitled to receive the gratuity at an earlier date, then that amount shall be substituted for it.
3. An injury pension shall be calculated by reference to the person’s degree of disablement, his average pensionable pay and the period in years of his pensionable service, and, subject to the following paragraphs, shall be—
(a)in the case of a police officer all of whose service by virtue of which his pensionable service is reckonable was full-time, of the amount of his minimum income guarantee specified as appropriate to his degree of disablement in column (3), (4), (5) or (6) of the following Table, and
(b)in the case of a police officer any of whose service by virtue of which his pensionable service is reckonable was part-time, of the amount given by the formula—
M is the amount that his minimum income guarantee would be if all the service were full-time service and R and Q are the same as in paragraph 1;
6.—(1) The amount of an injury pension, calculated as aforesaid, shall be reduced, where the person concerned received the relevant injury (within the meaning of regulation 10) during a period of service as a police officer, by three-quarters of any other pension calculated by reference to Schedule B to the 1988 Regulations.
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), such other pension as is there mentioned which is reduced—
(a)in accordance with the provisions of regulation B7 or B9 (commutation and allocation) of the 1988 Regulations;
(b)in accordance with the provisions of Part VIII of Schedule B (reduction related to up-rating of widow’s pension) to the 1988 Regulations; or
(3) In the case of a police officer who has made an election under regulation G4(1) of the 1988 Regulations, sub-paragraph (1) shall have effect as if for the reference to three-quarters of any other pension calculated by reference to pensionable service reckonable by reason of that period of service there were substituted a reference to the amount of any other pension which would have been so calculated had he not made such an election.
(a)any industrial injuries benefit under section 94 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(22) in respect of the relevant injury or so much of any such pension as relates to that injury (referred to in this sub-paragraph as the relevant part of the pension), together with—
9. In a case where—
(a)a former police officer was in part-time service before the date on which the Police Service of Northern Ireland Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2006(23) came into operation, and
(b)the amount of his award calculated in accordance with this Schedule would be less than it would have been if those Regulations had not been made,
SCHEDULE 4REDUCTION IN CHILD’S SPECIAL ALLOWANCE DURING FULL-TIME REMUNERATED TRAINING ETC
“specified rate” means a sum equivalent to the annual rate (rounded up to the nearest £1) of the applicable amount of personal allowance payable to a single claimant aged not less than 18 but less than 25 years, as specified in the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(24) as uprated from time to time in accordance with an order under section 132(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(25);
2. In the case of any relevant child—
(a)if the annual amount of the special allowance is greater than the amount of his excess remuneration, it shall be reduced by the amount of that excess remuneration, or
(b)if the amount of that excess remuneration is equal to or greater than the annual amount of the allowance which, but for this sub-paragraph, would be payable to him, the allowance shall not be payable.
(2) If paragraph 2(a) applies in the case of any relevant child, then, without prejudice to sub-paragraph (3), the annual amount of each of the other special allowances shall be increased by an amount equal to his excess remuneration divided by the number of other special allowances.
(3) If paragraph 2(b) applies in the case of any relevant child, then, without prejudice to sub-paragraph (2), each of the other special allowances shall be recalculated as if the relevant child were not entitled to a special allowance.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), no child shall by virtue of these provisions receive a special allowance greater than that to which he would be entitled if no relevant provision applied in his case.
1. Every notice of appeal under regulation 30(1) and statement of grounds under regulation 30(2) shall be in writing.
2. On receiving a notice of appeal against a report and certificate issued under regulation 29 and the appellant’s statement of grounds for appeal, the Board, unless regulation 31(2) applies, shall forward to the Secretary of State two copies of those documents and all other documents determined as necessary by the Secretary of State.
4.—(1) Where either party to the appeal intends to submit written evidence or a written statement at a hearing arranged under paragraph 3 that party shall submit it to the Secretary of State and the other party before the date appointed for the hearing.
(2) The independent medical referee may postpone or adjourn the date appointed for the hearing where it appears necessary to do so for the proper determination of the appeal.
5.—(1) Any hearing (including any examination) may be attended by—
(2) If the selected medical practitioner does not attend any examination then a duly qualified medical practitioner appointed for that purpose by the Board may attend the examination as an observer.
These Regulations make provision for payments to police officers who are permanently disabled as a result of an injury received without their own default in the execution of duty as a police officer or, where death results from such an injury, to surviving spouses or civil partners, children or other dependent relatives of the deceased member. The Regulations revoke and re-enact provisions for that purpose in the Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions Regulations 1988 (“the 1988 Regulations”) and the Royal Ulster Constabulary (Injury Benefit) Regulations 1988, and establish a scheme which is distinct from the provisions of the 1988 Regulations, which continue in operation in relation to contributory pensions payable to members or to others in relation to deceased members. These Regulations are applied to the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve (regulation 42).
Part 1 contains general provisions, including definitions of “injury received in the execution of duty” and “disablement” (regulations 5 and 6). Part 1 contains general provisions, including definitions of “injury received in the execution of duty” and “disablement” (regulations 6 and 7). Regulation 1(1) provides that the Regulations have retrospective effect to 6th April 2006, which is the date on which a new tax regime for registered pension schemes – introduced by the Finance Act 2004 – comes into effect. Retrospective effect is permitted by Articles 14 and 15 of the Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.
Part 2, with Schedules 3 to 5, makes provision for the awards payable on injury or death, with supplementary provision in Part 3; and Part 5 governs the circumstances in which an award may be revised, withdrawn or forfeited. Part 4 and Schedule 6 provide procedures for the determination of medical questions which arise. Part 6 contains provision in respect of the payment of awards. Schedule 2 revokes the Royal Ulster Constabulary (Injury Benefit) Regulations 1988 and relevant provisions of the 1988 Regulations and makes consequential amendments of the 1988 Regulations.
1998 c.32. Sections 25 and 26 are amended by section 78(1) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000. Section 25 is also amended by section 24(2) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003
Section 72(2A) was inserted by section 78 of and Schedule 6 to the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000
S.R. 1988 No. 374; relevant amendments were made by S.R. 1989 No. 387, S.R. 1990 No. 411, S.R. 1993 No. 327, S.R. 1996 No. 4, S.R. 1997 No. 259, S.R. 1998 No. 240, S.R. 2002 No. 100, S.R. 2004 No. 384, S.R. 2006 No. 122, S.R 2006 No.123 and S.R. 2006 No. 152
S.R. 1988 No. 376
S.I. 2002/796 (N.I.1)
1974 c.9
S.R. 2006 No. 123; the Regulations came into operation on 1st April 2006