# The Police Pensions Regulations 1987, Regulation A20: Compulsory retirement on grounds of disablement


Every regular policeman may be required to retire on the date on which the police authority determine that he ought to retire on the ground that he is permanently disabled for the performance of his duty:
Provided that a retirement under this Regulation shall be void if, after the said date, on an appeal against the medical opinion on which the police authority acted in determining that he ought to retire, the medical referee decides that the appellant is not permanently disabled.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/257/regulation/A20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-1987/regulation-A20
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