Police Pensions Act 1948

Police Pensions Act 1948[a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to make provision as to the pensions to be paid to and in respect of members of police forces and as to the length of the period of their service, to amend and repeal with savings certain statutory provisions relating to the pensions to be paid to and in respect of members of police forces and as to the length of their service, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Citation11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 24
Territorial extent 
[b]
Dates
Royal assent24 March 1948
Commencement24 March 1948[c]
Repealed22 July 1976
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
Repealed byPolice Pensions Act 1976
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Police Pensions Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 24) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made provision for the pensions to be paid to and in respect of members of police forces in Great Britain, consolidating and repealing earlier statutory provisions relating to police pensions.[1]

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 3(4) of the act repealed 20 enactments and 7 instruments, listed in parts I and II of the first schedule to the act, respectively.[2]

Part I – Acts repealed
Citation Short title Extent of repeal
10 Geo. 4. c. 44 Metropolitan Police Act 1829 In section twelve, the words "or as a compensation for wounds or severe injuries received in the performance of their duty, or as an allowance to such of them as shall be disabled by bodily injury received, or shall be worn out by length of service".
22 & 23 Vict. c. 32 County and Borough Police Act 1859 Section twenty-two.
28 & 29 Vict. c. 35 Police Superannuation Act 1865 The whole act.
51 & 52 Vict. c. ix Lincolnshire Police Superannuation Act 1888 Sections four and five.
4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 34 Police Reservists (Allowances) Act 1914 Subsection (2) of section one.
4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 80 Police Constables (Naval and Military Service) Act 1914 The whole act.
5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 41 Police (Emergency Provisions) Act 1915 The whole act.
8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 51 Police (Pensions) Act 1918 The whole act.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 46 Police Act 1919 In subsection (1) of section four the word "pensions"; section five; and in section fourteen the word "pensions".
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. xxvii City of London (Various Powers) Act 1920 Sections twelve and thirteen.
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 31 Police Pensions Act 1921 The whole act except so much of section thirty as precedes the provisos thereto, subsection (1) of section thirty-five and the Third Schedule.
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 34 Police Pensions Act 1926 The whole act.
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 33 Metropolitan Police Act 1933 Section two and subsection (2) of section four.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 103 Police and Firemen (War Service) Act 1939 In section two, the words "police force or", in both places where those words occur, the words "constable or" wherever those words occur, and the words "sections nine and twenty of the Police Pensions Act, 1921 and"; in section three the words "constable or" wherever those words occur; subsection (1) of section four; in subsection (3) of section four, the words "police force or", the words "constable or" wherever those words occur, and the words "in the case of a constable, by an injury received in the execution of his duty as a constable without his own default and"; in subsection (4) of section four, the words "constable or" in both places where those words occur, and paragraph (i); in subsection (5) of section four, the words "(1) or", the words "constable or" in both places where those words occur and the words "subsection (1) or"; in section five, the words "constable or" in both places where those words occur; subsection (1) of section six; in subsection (2) of section ten the words "police force or", wherever those words occur, and the words "constable or"; in section eleven, the words "the Police Pensions Act, 1921 and"; in subsection (3) of section thirteen the words "constable or", wherever those words occur; and in section fourteen, in the definition of "appropriate pension enactment", the words "in relation to a person who has ceased to serve as a constable, means the Police Pensions Act, 1921, as amended by any subsequent enactment and".
7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 21 Pensions (Increase) Act 1944 Paragraph 2 of Part II of the First Schedule.
7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 22 Police and Firemen (War Service) Act 1944 In subsection (1) of section one (which substitutes a new section four for section four of the Police and Firemen (War Service) Act, 1939) the same words as are specified in paragraph 14 of this Part of this Schedule in relation to section four; in subsection (1) of section two the words "(1) or" and the words "constable or"; in subsection (2) of section two the words "constable or"; paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section two; in subsection (1) of section three, the words "(1) and"; in subsection (3) of section three the words "police force or" and the words "constable or"; in subsection (1) of section four the words "constable or"; in section five the words "police force or" wherever those words occur and the words "constable or"; in subsection (2) of section six the words "constables or" in both places where they occur.
9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 17 Police (Overseas Service) Act 1945 In subsection (2) of section one the words from "and may" to the end of the subsection; subsections (3) and (4) of the said section one; in subsection (1) of section two the words "subject to the provisions of any regulations made under section one of this Act" and the words "the Police Pensions Act, 1921, and of".
9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 46 Police Act 1946 Paragraphs (b) and (c) of, and the proviso to, subsection (3) of section eleven, and subsections (4) and (5) of that section; paragraph 10 of the Second Schedule; and in the Third Schedule, paragraph 3 and sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 5.
9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 71 Police (Scotland) Act 1946 Paragraphs (b) and (c) of, and the proviso to, subsection (2) of section seven, and subsections (3) and (4) of that section; paragraph 7 of the First Schedule; and paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Third Schedule.
10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 7 Pensions (Increase) Act 1947 Subsection (3) of section two.
Part II – Rules and regulations repealed
Title Extent of repeal
Police War Reserve Rules 1945 Rule 31.
Police War Reserve (Scotland) Rules 1945 Rule 35.
Women's Auxiliary Police Corps Rules 1945 Part VII.
Women's Auxiliary Police Corps (Scotland) Rules 1945 Part VII.
Police (Overseas Service) (Germany) Regulations 1947 Part II and the Second Schedule.
Police (Overseas Service) (Austria) Regulations 1947 Part II and the Second Schedule.
Police (Overseas Service) (Greece) Regulations 1948 Part II and the Second Schedule.

Section 9(2) of the act repealed 2 enactments, listed in the second schedule to the act.[3]

Enactments repealed as from the passing of the act
Citation Short title Extent of repeal
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 31 Police Pensions Act 1921 Section fifteen and paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section seventeen.
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 33 Metropolitan Police Act 1933 Subsection (1) of section four.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 13(2) of, and schedule 3 to, the Police Pensions Act 1976, which came into force on 22 July 1976.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 9(1).
  2. ↑ Section 9(3).
  3. ↑ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.

References

  1. ↑ "The Law of Police Pensions: Chapter 2 – The present statutory schemes governing pensions for police officers" (PDF). Landmark Chambers. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "Police Pensions Act 1948", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo6/11-12 c. 24
  3. ↑ "Police Pensions Act 1948", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo6/11-12 c. 24
  4. ↑ "Police Pensions Act 1976", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1976 c. 35
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