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Scottish Statutory Instruments
Public Service Pensions
Made
4th March 2025
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
6th March 2025
Coming into force
1st May 2025
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and (2)(g), 3(3)(b) and paragraph 7(b) of schedule 2 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013( 1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 22(2) of that Act, the Scottish Ministers consulted such persons (or representatives of such persons) as appeared to the Scottish Ministers likely to be affected by these Regulations and have laid a report before the Scottish Parliament.
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1 May 2025 but regulations 3 and 4 have effect from 1 April 2025.
2. The Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015( 2) are amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4.
3. Chapter 4 (eligibility for payment of ill-health benefits) of Part 4 (scheme membership) ceases to have effect from 1 April 2025.
4. In regulation 160 (rate of member contributions)—
(a) In paragraph (2)—
(i) for “13.46%” substitute “13.7%”,
(ii) omit from “if” to the end,
(b) omit paragraphs (3) and (4).
IVAN MCKEE
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
4th March 2025
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (“ the 2015 Regulations”).
Regulation 3 removes the ill-health eligibility restrictions set out in Chapter 4, Part 4 of the 2015 Regulations.
Regulation 4 amends the percentage rate of member contributions payable under regulation 160 of the 2015 Regulations and makes further amendments to that regulation consequential to the removal of ill-health eligibility restrictions.
2013 c. 25. Section 3(3)(b) enables scheme regulations to make retrospective provision.
S.S.I. 2015/142, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2019/68.