The Police Pensions (Descriptions of Service) Order 2010

• Citation: S.I. 2010/899
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) This Order may be cited as the Police Pensions (Descriptions of Service) Order 2010.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 15th April 2010.

Section 2 Amendment to the Police Pensions Act 1976

(1) The Police Pensions Act 1976 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 7(2) (persons eligible for police pensions) , before paragraph (d) insert—

(ch) the Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency;

(3) In section 11 (interpretation) —

(a) in subsection (1) (references to membership of a police force etc ), before paragraph (c) insert—

(bh) service as the Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency;

(b) in subsection (2) (meaning of “police authority”), in paragraph (b), after “(b)” insert “, (bh)”;

(c) in subsection (3) (meaning of “police force”)—

(i) in paragraph (b), before “(b)” insert “(bh),”;

(ii) after “serving” insert “or, in the case of service such as is mentioned in subsection (1)(bh), the department of the Secretary of State”;

(d) after subsection (7) insert—

(8) References in this Act to the Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency, and to service as such, have effect only in relation to cases in which the person in question—

(a) has held the office of constable, and

(b) immediately before the appointment as Chief Inspector took effect, was serving as a member of a police force (whether or not as a constable).