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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 10 May 2024 but regulations 3 and 4 have effect from 1 January 2023 and regulation 5 has effect from 1 April 2024.
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The Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5.
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(1) Regulation 24(2) (pensionable earnings) is amended as follows.
(2) For sub-paragraph (a), substitute—“
(a) for a member in full-time service, means—
(i) pay at the rate to which the person is entitled in that period, account being taken of any retrospective increase in that rate, and
(ii) earnings in respect of on-call allowance,”.
(3) For sub-paragraph (b), substitute—“
(b) for a member in part-time service, means—
(i) so much of the member’s pay at that rate as is attributable to the member’s determined hours specified under the member’s part-time appointment, account being taken of any retrospective increase in that rate, and
(ii) earnings in respect of on-call allowance.”.
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(1) Regulation 158 (amount of pensionable earnings) is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph (2), substitute—“
(2) The amount of pensionable earnings for any pay period for a person in full-time service as a member of the police force means—
(a) the rate of pay to which the member is entitled as such a member in that pay period, account being taken of any retrospective increase in that rate, and
(b) earnings in respect of on-call allowance.”.
(3) For paragraph (3), substitute—“
(3) The amount of pensionable earnings for any pay period for a member in part-time service is—
(a) the amount of pensionable earnings that would be payable to that member in that pay period, plus earnings from any additional hours served up to a maximum of full-time service, and
(b) earnings in respect of on-call allowance.”.
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In regulation 164(1) (employer contributions), for “29.4%”, substitute “37.9%”.
TOM ARTHUR
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
12th March 2024