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Regulation 29 Police officer’s ill-health pension

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(1)

This regulation applies to a regular police officer who retires or has retired under regulation 21 (compulsory retirement on the ground of disablement):

Provided that this regulation shall not apply to a regular police officer—

(a)

who has made an election under regulation 9 which had effect at the time of his retirement,

(b)

who under regulation 8 is ineligible for pension awards payable on the ground of permanent disablement, or

(c)

who has attained the age of 55 at the time of his retirement, and in such a case that policeman shall be entitled to an ordinary pension under regulation 27 instead of an ill-health pension as provided in this regulation.

(2)

Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, a regular police officer to whom this regulation applies shall be entitled to an ill-health pension as provided in this regulation.

(3)

In the case of a regular police officer who, at the time of his retirement—

(a)
(i)

fulfils the qualifying service criterion, or

(ii)

is disabled as the result of an injury received without his default in the execution of duty; and

(b)

in either case, is permanently disabled for the performance of the ordinary duties of a member of the police force but is not permanently disabled for engaging in any regular employment otherwise than as a regular police officer,

the award under paragraph (2) shall be an ill-health pension calculated in accordance with regulation 30 (“a standard ill-health pension”).

(4)

In the case of a regular police officer who, at the time of his retirement, falls within paragraph (3)(a) but is permanently disabled both for the performance of the ordinary duties of a member of the police force and for engaging in any regular employment otherwise than as a regular police officer, the award under paragraph (2) shall comprise—

(a)

a standard ill-health pension, and

(b)

an additional pension calculated in accordance with regulation 31 (“an enhanced top-up ill-health pension”).