# The Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015, Regulation 92: Entitlement to payment of ill-health pension

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(1) An active member of this scheme who has not reached normal pension age under this scheme is entitled to payment for life of an ill-health pension under this Chapter if the conditions in paragraph (2) are met.
(2) The conditions are—
(a) the employer requires the member to retire on a date determined by the employer under Part 6;
(b) the member has at least 2 years’ qualifying service or is permanently medically unfit as the result of an injury received without the member’s default in the execution of duty; and
(c) the member is eligible under this scheme for payment of ill-health benefits.
(3) An ill-health pension under this Chapter is payable as follows—
(a) if the member meets the lower tier threshold, a lower tier ill-health pension is payable;
(b) if the member meets the upper tier threshold—
(i) a lower tier ill-health pension is payable; and
(ii) an enhanced upper tier ill-health pension is payable.
(4) A retirement added pension of any description is payable with a lower tier ill-health pension if the retirement account specifies an amount of retirement added pension of that description.
(5) For a transition member with continuity of service, a transition member’s ill-health pension is payable under paragraph 23 of Schedule 4.
(6) For a pensioner member who becomes entitled to an enhanced upper tier ill-health pension under regulation 102 or 103, an ill-health pension is payable in accordance with that regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/142/regulation/92 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-92
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