{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-2015/regulation-68",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-2015/regulation-68.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/182",
  "legislation_title": "The Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/68",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "68",
  "heading": "Entitlement to ill-health pension",
  "text": "(1) An active member of this scheme who has not reached normal pension age under this scheme is entitled to immediate payment of an ill-health pension under this scheme, in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, if the following conditions are met—\n(a) a member has claimed payment of an ill-health pension;\n(b) a medical certificate states that the member has suffered a permanent breakdown in health involving incapacity for employment; and\n(c) either—\n(i) the member has at least 2 years qualifying service, or\n(ii) where the member has less than 2 years qualifying service, the scheme manager determines that the member is entitled to an ill-health pension.\n(2) A member who is entitled to immediate payment of an ill-health pension is entitled to a full retirement added pension of any description if the full retirement account specifies an amount of full retirement added pension of that description.\n(3) The annual rate of an ill-health pension and any added pension payable under this regulation is calculated in accordance with regulation 69.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 68 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/182/regulation/68",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:48:23.803047+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}