{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-85",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-85.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/85",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "85",
  "heading": "Full retirement pension payable early on grounds of permanent medical unfitness (deferred members)",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies in relation to a deferred member of this scheme who becomes entitled under regulation 81(3) to payment of a full retirement pension on grounds of permanent medical unfitness.\n(2) For the purpose of an appeal to the sheriff under regulation 197 or an appeal to a tribunal under regulation 198, the deferred member is taken to claim payment of the full retirement pension on the earlier of—\n(a) the date on which the deferred member asked the employer to refer the questions to the selected medical practitioner under regulation 76; or\n(b) the date on which the employer referred those questions on its own initiative.\n(3) A full retirement pension calculated under regulation 89 (deferred members) is payable to the member in respect of each month as from the date on which the member is taken to claim payment of the pension under paragraph (2).",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 85 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/85",
    "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."
}