{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-25A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-25A.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2015/142",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/25A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "25A",
  "heading": "Interpretation and application of this Chapter",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Chapter—\n(a) “election application” means an election application made under regulation 25C,\n(b) “election period” means the period between 1 July and 31 December 2026,\n(c) “P” means a person who, at any time during the relevant period, was—\n(i) an active or deferred member of this scheme, and\n(ii) previously deemed ineligible for ill-health benefits following a determination by the scheme manager that the risk that the person would retire on grounds of permanent medical unfitness was such that the likely cost of providing that person with ill-health benefits under this scheme was disproportionately high,\n(d) “relevant period” is the period beginning with 1 April 2015 and ending with 31 March 2025,\n(e) “revised contributions” means the amount of contributions calculated in accordance with regulation 25E.\n(2) This Chapter applies in respect of the relevant period.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 4 Ch. 3A inserted (with effect from 1.4.2015) by The Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/58), regs. 1(2), 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/142/regulation/25A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:30:03.361596+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."
}