{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-1995/schedule-2A/paragraph-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-1995/schedule-2A/paragraph-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/300",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-1995",
  "path": "schedule/2A/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Medical determinations",
  "text": "The Secretary of State may make arrangements for the Secretary of State’s functions under this Schedule in relation to a decision whether a person is—\n(a) permanently incapable of regular employment because of physical or mental infirmity for the purpose of paragraph 3B;\n(b) expected to live for less than one year for the purposes of the lump sum rule referred to in paragraph 4,\nto be discharged by—\n(i) a registered medical practitioner (whether practising on his own or as part of a group); or\n(ii) a body corporate or unincorporate employing such practitioners (whether under a contract of service or for services),\napproved by the Secretary of State to act on the Secretary of State’s behalf.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2A inserted (1.5.2001) by The National Health Service (Pension Scheme and Additional Voluntary Contributions) (Pension Sharing) Amendment Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1428), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 2A para. 16 added (with effect from 6.4.2009) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/381), regs. 1(2)(3)(a), 14(10) (with reg. 89)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/300/schedule/2A/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:17:02.304130+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."
}