{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015/regulation-77",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015/regulation-77.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/445",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pensions Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/77",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "77",
  "heading": "Refusal to be medically examined or attend interviews",
  "text": "(1) The police pension authority may make a determination under this Part on such evidence and medical advice as the police pension authority in its discretion thinks necessary if—\n(a) a question as to whether a member of a police force is permanently medically unfit is referred to a selected medical practitioner for decision; and\n(b) the member wilfully or negligently fails to submit to any medical examination or to attend any interviews that the selected medical practitioner considers necessary in order to make a decision.\n(2) An appeal under Schedule 1 against a decision of a selected medical practitioner is taken to be withdrawn if—\n(a) a question as to whether a member of a police force is permanently medically unfit is referred to an appeal board for decision; and\n(b) the person wilfully or negligently fails to submit to any medical examination or to attend any interviews that the appeal board considers necessary in order to make a decision.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/445/regulation/77",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:45:30.636565+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."
}