{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015/regulation-86",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015/regulation-86.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/445",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pensions Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/86",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "86",
  "heading": "Referral of medical questions for purpose of early payment of a full retirement pension on grounds of permanent medical unfitness",
  "text": "(1) Before considering whether a deferred member of this scheme is entitled to early payment of a full retirement pension on grounds of permanent medical unfitness, the police pension authority must refer the following questions to a selected medical practitioner for decision—\n(a) whether the member is medically unfit for performing the ordinary duties of a member of the police force;\n(b) whether that medical unfitness is likely to be permanent;\n(c) whether the member is medically unfit for engaging in any regular employment; and\n(d) whether that medical unfitness is likely to be permanent.\n(2) The selected medical practitioner must—\n(a) examine or interview the member as the selected medical practitioner thinks appropriate;\n(b) decide the questions referred to the selected medical practitioner under paragraph (1); and\n(c) give the police pension authority and the member a report containing a decision on those questions.\n(3) That report is final, subject to—\n(a) an appeal under Schedule 1 against the decision of the selected medical practitioner; or\n(b) the referral under Schedule 1 of the decision of the selected medical practitioner for reconsideration.\n(4) For the purpose of paragraph (1), “early payment” means payment before the member reaches the member's state pension age .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "See regulation 91(3) for entitlement to early payment of a full retirement pension on grounds of permanent medical unfitness."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/445/regulation/86",
    "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."
}