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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-pensions-consolidation-and-amendment-regulations-1993/regulation-J5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/3253",
  "legislation_title": "The Parliamentary Pensions (Consolidation and Amendment) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-pensions-consolidation-and-amendment-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/J5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "J5",
  "heading": "Medical evidence",
  "text": "(1) Every application under Part J must be accompanied by medical evidence of the applicant’s state of health.\n(2) In the case of any such application the Trustees may require the applicant to undergo a medical examination by a medical practitioner nominated by them for the purpose; and the fees for any such examination shall be borne by the Trustees or the applicant, as the Trustees may determine.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "subst (with transtl provns)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/1920",
      "affecting_title": "The Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/920",
      "affecting_title": "The Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2006"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/3253/regulation/J5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:43:34.947939+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."
}