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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-37",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2014/188",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "regulation/37",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Early payment of retirement pension on ill-health grounds: deferred members",
  "text": "(1) Where a deferred member who has qualifying service for a period of two years or more, because of ill-health or infirmity of mind or body—\n(a) becomes permanently incapable of discharging efficiently the duties of the employment that the member was engaged in at the date the member became a deferred member; and\n(b) has a reduced likelihood of being capable of undertaking any gainful employment before reaching normal pension age,\nmay make a written request to the Committee to receive payment of a retirement pension immediately, whatever the member's age.\n(2) In order to consider a request under paragraph (1), the Committee shall obtain a certificate, in accordance with regulation 38 (role of the IRMP), from an IRMP qualified in occupational health medicine who is appointed by the Committee.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/188/regulation/37",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:06:17.575135+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."
}