{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-66",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-66.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/66",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "66",
  "heading": "Decision of selected medical practitioner",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies for the purpose of this Part.\n(2) The selected medical practitioner must decide that the member is permanently medically unfit for performing the ordinary duties of a member of the police force if the practitioner is of the opinion that—\n(a) the member is unable to perform the ordinary duties of a member of the police force; and\n(b) that inability is occasioned by infirmity of mind or body and is likely to continue until the day on which—\n(i) the member reaches normal pension age under this scheme; or\n(ii) the member dies (if the selected medical practitioner considers the member is likely to die before reaching normal pension age under this scheme).\n(3) The selected medical practitioner must decide that the member is permanently medically unfit for engaging in any regular employment if the practitioner is of the opinion that—\n(a) the member is unable to perform the ordinary duties of a member of the police force;\n(b) the inability referred to in sub-paragraph (a) is occasioned by infirmity of mind or body and is likely to continue until the day on which—\n(i) the member reaches normal pension age under this scheme; or\n(ii) the member dies (if the selected medical practitioner considers the member is likely to die before reaching normal pension age under this scheme); ...\n(c) the member is unable to engage in regular employment otherwise than as a member of the police force ; and\n(d) the inability referred to in sub-paragraph (c) is occasioned by infirmity of mind or body and is likely to continue until the day on which—\n(i) the member reaches normal pension age under this scheme; or\n(ii) the member dies (if the selected medical practitioner considers the member is likely to die before reaching normal pension age under this scheme).",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 66(3)(b) substituted (with effect from 1.4.2015) by The Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/325), regs. 1(2), 4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 66(3) omitted (with effect from 1.4.2015) by virtue of The Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/325), regs. 1(2), 4(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 66(3)(d) and word inserted (with effect from 1.4.2015) by The Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/325), regs. 1(2), 4(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reg. 66(3)(c)(d) applied (1.10.2023) by The Police Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/239), regs. 1(2), 51(5)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 66 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/142/regulation/66",
    "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."
}