{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-internal-dispute-resolution-procedures-consequential-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2008/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-internal-dispute-resolution-procedures-consequential-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2008/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/649",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Internal Dispute Resolution Procedures Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-internal-dispute-resolution-procedures-consequential-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Exempted disputes",
  "text": "A dispute of a description prescribed for the purposes of section 50(9)(c) of the Act (exempted disputes) is a dispute in respect of which a notice of appeal has been issued by the complainant in accordance with—\n(a) regulation H2 of the Police Pensions Regulations 1987 (appeal to board of medical referees);\n(b) rule H2 of Schedule 2 to the Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order 1992 (appeal against opinion on a medical issue);\n(c) rule 2 of Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Firefighters’ Compensation Scheme (Scotland) Order 2006 (appeal to medical referee);\n(d) regulation 31 of the Police (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006 (appeal to board of medical referees);\n(e) rule 2 of Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Firefighters’ Compensation Scheme (England) Order 2006 (appeal to medical referee);\n(f) regulation 72 of the Police Pensions Regulations 2006 (appeal to board of medical referees);\n(g) rule 4 of Part 8 of Schedule 1 to the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Order 2006 (appeals against decisions based on medical advice);\n(h) regulation 31 of the Police (Injury Benefit) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (appeal to board of medical referees);\n(i) rule 4 of Part 8 of Schedule 1 to the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Order 2007 (appeals against decisions based on medical advice);\n(j) regulation 72 of Part 7 of the Police Pensions (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (appeal to board of medical referees);\n(k) rule 4 of Part 8 of Schedule 1 to the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Wales) Order 2007 (appeals against decisions based on medical advice); or\n(l) rule 2 of Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Firefighters’ Compensation Scheme (Wales) Order 2007 (appeal to medical referee).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 6.4.2008, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/257; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2003/535, and 2004/1491 and S.S.I. 2003/406 and 2004/486."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/129; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1997/2309. The scheme name is changed for England and Scotland by S.I. 2004/2306 and for Wales by S.I 2004/2918. The scheme is revoked with transitional and saving provisions, see S.I 2006/3432, S.I. 2007/199 and S.I 2007/1072."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2006/338."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/932."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/1811."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/3415."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/3432."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2007/68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2007/199."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2007/201."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "S.I. 2007/1072 (W.110)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "S.I. 2007/1073 (W.111)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/649",
      "affecting_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Internal Dispute Resolution Procedures Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/649/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:40:23.826615+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."
}