Legislation – The Police Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Regulations 2023

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Introduction

PART 1
Introductory Provisions

1 Citation and commencement

2 Interpretation

3 Delegation

PART 2
Remediable service statements

4 Requirements relating to remediable service statements

PART 3
Decisions about the treatment of remediable police service

CHAPTER 1 Opted-out service elections

5 Application and interpretation of Chapter 1

6 Election in relation to opted-out service

CHAPTER 2 Immediate choice decision for reformed scheme or legacy scheme benefits

7 Application and interpretation of Chapter 2

8 Immediate choice decision for reformed scheme or legacy scheme benefits: general

9 Immediate choice decision: additional requirements

10 Immediate choice decision: deemed section 6 election

CHAPTER 3 Deferred choice decision for reformed scheme or legacy scheme benefits

11 Application and interpretation of Chapter 3

12 Deferred choice decision for reformed scheme or legacy scheme benefits: general

13 Deferred choice decision to be made by M

14 Deferred choice decision to be made by a person other than M

15 Deferred choice decision: additional requirements

16 Deferred choice election: deemed section 10 election

PART 4
Provision about divorce and dissolution arrangements

CHAPTER 1 Pension credit and pension debit members

SECTION 1 Application and interpretation of Chapter 1

17 Application and interpretation of Chapter 1

SECTION 2 Pension sharing arrangements: information provided before 1st October 2023

18 Application and interpretation of Section 2

19 Meaning of “alternative amount”

20 Information provided before 1st October 2023: calculating a remediable credit adjustment

21 Information provided before 1st October 2023: applying a remediable credit adjustment

22 Information provided before 1st October 2023: recalculating D’s reduction of benefit

SECTION 3 Information provided on or after 1st October 2023

23 Application and interpretation of Section 3

24 Information provided on or after 1st October 2023: calculation of pension credits and debits

25 Information provided on or after 1st October 2023: recalculating D’s reduction of benefit

CHAPTER 2 Arrangements on divorce, annulment or dissolution other than a pension sharing order or agreement

26 Arrangements other than a pension sharing order or agreement: calculating the value of pension benefits

PART 5
Voluntary Contributions

27 Treatment of reformed scheme added pension payments

28 Treatment of legacy scheme added years payments

29 Remedial arrangements to pay voluntary contributions to secure legacy scheme added years

30 Disapplication of restriction on lump sum payments for reformed scheme added pension

PART 6
Transfers

CHAPTER 1 General

31 Interpretation of Part 6

32 Transferred out remediable service statements

CHAPTER 2 Transfers on a cash equivalent basis

SECTION 1 Transfers before 1st October 2023

33 Transfers out before 1st October 2023

34 Transfers in before 1st October 2023

SECTION 2 Transfers on or after 1st October 2023

35 Application of Section 2

36 Transfers out on or after 1st October 2023

37 Transfers in from a public service pension scheme on or after 1st October 2023

CHAPTER 3 Transfers on a club basis

SECTION 1 Club transfers before 1st October 2023

38 Club transfers out before 1st October 2023

39 Club transfers in before 1st October 2023

SECTION 2 Club transfers on or after 1st October 2023

40 Application of Section 2

41 Club transfers out on or after 1st October 2023

42 Club transfers in on or after 1st October 2023

SECTION 3 Variation of the club transfer application period

43 Variation of the club transfer application period

Chapter 3A Transfers on a non-club basis

43A Non-club transfers in

CHAPTER 4 Treatment of rights secured by virtue of a remediable value

44 Application and interpretation of Chapter 4

45 Remediable value treated as being in the legacy scheme

46 Treatment of rights to benefits secured by virtue of a remediable value

47 Benefits already paid in relation to transferred in remediable rights

48 Pension benefits and lump sum benefits in relation to a remediable value

PART 7
Provision about special cases

CHAPTER 1 Ill-health retirement

49 Application and interpretation of Chapter 1

50 M’s entitlement to ill-health benefits to be treated as equivalent in M’s alternative scheme

51 Deciding whether a 1987 IHR member is entitled to an upper tier award

52 Determining the value of M’s remediable ill-health benefits

CHAPTER 2 Miscellaneous special cases

53 Protection of the amount of pension payable to an eligible child

54 Payment of annual allowance tax charges and provision of information

PART 8
Liabilities and payment

CHAPTER 1 Application of Part 8

55 Application of Part 8

CHAPTER 2 Interest, compensation and netting off

56 Interest

57 Indirect compensation

58 Applications for compensation or indirect compensation

59 Netting off

CHAPTER 3 Reduction and waiver of liabilities

60 Requirement to reduce liabilities by tax relief amounts

61 Power to reduce or waive amounts owed by a person to the scheme manager

62 Agreement to waive a liability owed by the scheme manager in respect of an immediate correction

CHAPTER 4 Payment of net liabilities

63 Application of Chapter 4

64 Payment of amounts owed to the scheme manager

65 Payment of amounts owed to a person

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE Eligible decision-makers for deceased members

Signature

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PART 6Transfers

CHAPTER 1General

Transferred out remediable service statements
32.

Where a remedy member has transferred any rights in respect of remediable service out of a police pension scheme, the scheme manager must provide a transferred out remediable service statement in accordance with direction 6(2) to (4) of the PSP Directions 2022 (and direction 6(4) applies as if the reference to “any provision made by virtue of section 29(1) of PSPJOA 2022” were a reference to regulation 3).

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Commencement Information

I1Reg. 32 in force at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1(2)