Minutes

Minutes of the meeting of the Police Pensions Sub-committee of the Metropolitan Police Authority held on 31 March 2005 at 10 Dean Farrar Street, London SW1H 0NY.

Present

Members

• Jennette Arnold
• Anthony Arbour
• John Roberts
• Rachel Whittaker (Chair)

MPA officers

• Claire Lister (Professional Standards Officer)
• Alan Johnson (Head of Human Resources)
• Nick Baker (Head of Committee Services)

37. Election of Chair

(Agenda item 1)

Resolved – That Rachel Whittaker be appointed Chair for this meeting.

38. Apologies for absence

(Agenda item 2)

Apologies were received from Cindy Butts, Damian Hockney and Aneeta Prem.

39. Declarations of interests

(Agenda item 3)

No declarations of interest were received.

40. Minutes of sub-committee meeting 24 February 2005

(Agenda item 4)

The Sub-Committee considered the minutes (Part 1) of the meeting held on 24 February 2005.

The Chair requested that the Sub-Committee receive at its meeting on 28 April 2005 a proposed protocol for considering forfeiture cases.

Resolved – That

1. the minutes of the Sub-Committee meeting held on 24 February 2005 be agreed and signed as a correct record; and
2. Members consider a protocol for considering forfeiture cases.

41. Minutes of sub-committee meeting 3 March 2005

(Agenda item 5)

The Sub-Committee considered the minutes (Part 1) of the meeting held on 3 March 2005. Members requested amendments to these minutes and that they be further considered at the next meeting of the Sub-Committee.

Resolved – That the minutes of the Sub-Committee meeting held on 3 March 2005, be amended and presented for approval to the next meeting of the Sub-Committee.

42. Update on appeals

(Agenda item 6)

The Sub-committee received an update on current appeals.

Members were informed that Mr Newman would be appealing against the Sub-committee’s decision. A request was made that those members who had considered that forfeiture case should be informed of this decision.

Resolved – That the update on appeals be noted.

43. Exclusion of press and public

(Agenda item 4)

A resolution was put to exclude the press and public from the meeting during items 8 to 11 as they were likely to disclose exempt information as described in paragraph 1, schedule 12a of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

Resolved – That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during discussion of agenda items 8 to 11.

Summary of exempt items

44. Minutes of sub-committee meeting 24 February 2005

(Agenda item 8)

The Sub-Committee considered the minutes (Part 2) of the meeting held on 24 February 2005.

45. Minutes of sub-committee meeting 3 March 2005

(Agenda item 9)

The Sub-committee considered the minutes (Part 1) of the meeting held on 3 March 2005. Members requested amendments and for them to be re-submitted to the 28 April meeting of the Sub-committee.

46. Application to the Home Secretary for issue of a certificate for forfeiture

(Agenda item 10)

The Sub-committee considered an application to the Home Secretary for the issue of a certificate for pensions forfeiture.

47. Police pensions forfeiture cases

(Agenda item 11)

The Sub-Committee considered two Police Pensions Forfeiture cases before them.

Meeting ended 3.00 p.m.

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