Police Regulation (Pensions) Act 1958

In the case of a pensioner who became a member of the force on or after the twenty-fifth day of November One thousand nine hundred and two and retired from the force before the second day of January One thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, as on and from the said second day of January and so long as a pension is payable to him the rate of such pension shall be calculated as if—

the pay on the said second day of January for the rank he held at retirement were his pay at the date of retirement; and

subparagraph (i) of the proviso to paragraph (a) of rule 19 of the Fourth Schedule to this Act were not applicable to the calculation of such pension—

Subject to the next succeeding subsection, in the case of a pensioner who became a member of the force before the twenty-fifth day of November One thousand nine hundred and two and retired from the force before the second day of January One thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, as on and from the said second day of January and so long as a pension is payable to him the rate of such pension shall be calculated as if—

he were a person to whom the provisions of Division two of Part III of this Act apply and who on the said second day of January retired from the force with the same rank and service as such pensioner; and

subparagraph (i) of the proviso to paragraph (a) of rule 19 of the Fourth Schedule to this Act were not applicable to the calculation of such pension—

For the purposes of this section any pensioner who—

served as a member of the force for not less than ten years;

was not reduced in rank while a member of the force; and

held the rank of constable at the time of his retirement—

Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this section—

except insofar as paragraph (b) of this subsection applies, the rate of pension payable to any pensioner shall not at any time by virtue of this section be more than twenty-five per centum greater than the rate of pension payable to him immediately before the second day of January One thousand nine hundred and forty-eight;

in the case of a pensioner who has elected as mentioned in subsection (3) of this section, as from and after the coming into operation of the Police Regulation (Amendment) Act 1949 the rate of pension payable to him shall not by virtue of this section be more than twenty-five per centum greater than the rate of pension which would have been payable to him at the date of his retirement if (apart from subsection (3) of this section) he had then been a person to whom Division two of Part III of the Police Regulation Act 1928 applied;

no pensioner shall by virtue of this section (except by virtue of an election mentioned in subsection (3) of this section) suffer any reduction of the pension which he was receiving before the said second day of January.