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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017.
(2) These Regulations come into operation on 31st March 2017 and have effect from 1st April 2015.
2 
The Police Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 1.
3 
The Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 1993 shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 2.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 23rd January 2017.
Claire Sugden
Minister of Justice
The Department of Finance has consented to the making of these Regulations.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 23rd January 2017.
Emer Morelli
A senior officer of the Department of Finance

SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 2
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The Police Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 are amended in accordance with paragraph 2.
2 
In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a) in the definition of “final pay” for “Chapter 5” substitute “Chapter 7”;
(b) for the definition of “index adjustment” substitute—““index adjustment” means—
(a) in relation to the opening balance of earned pension for any scheme year (other than the opening balance of club transfer earned pension) means the change in prices for the previous scheme year plus 1.25%; and
(b) in relation to the opening balance of club transfer earned pension for any scheme year means the in-service revaluation index that the sending scheme would have applied to that amount of earned pension for that scheme year, had the earned pension not been transferred;”;
(c) in the definition of “pension supervising authority for “Part 2.” substitute “regulation 208;”
SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 3
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The Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 1993 are amended in accordance with paragraph 2.
2 
Regulation 3(4) (making and acceptance of elections) is revoked.