{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015/regulation-91",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015/regulation-91.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/445",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pensions Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/91",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "91",
  "heading": "Entitlement to full retirement pension (deferred members)",
  "text": "(1) A deferred member of this scheme is entitled to payment for life of a retirement earned pension if paragraph (2), (3) or (4) applies.\n(2) This paragraph applies if—\n(a) the member has reached the member's state pension age;\n(b) the member has at least 2 years' qualifying service or a transfer payment otherwise than from another occupational pension scheme has been received by this scheme in relation to the member; and\n(c) the member has left eligible service.\n(3) This paragraph applies if—\n(a) the member has not reached the member's state pension age;\n(b) the member has left eligible service;\n(c) the selected medical practitioner gives a report under regulation 86 (early payment on grounds of permanent medical unfitness) that the member is permanently medically unfit for engaging in any regular employment; and\n(d) the member is eligible under this scheme for payment of ill-health benefits .\n(4) This paragraph applies if—\n(a) the member has reached normal minimum pension age but has not reached the member's state pension age;\n(b) the member has at least 2 years' qualifying service or a transfer payment otherwise than from another occupational pension scheme has been received by this scheme in relation to the member;\n(c) the member has left eligible service; and\n(d) the member claims payment of a full retirement pension under regulation 96 (claim for early payment otherwise than on grounds of permanent medical unfitness (deferred members)).\n(5) On becoming entitled to payment for life of a retirement earned pension, P is entitled to payment for life of a retirement added pension of any description if the deferred member's account specifies a provisional amount of the relevant deferred added pension.\n(6) In this regulation, “relevant deferred added pension” means—\n(a) for a retirement added (self only) pension, a deferred added (self only) pension;\n(b) for a retirement added (all beneficiaries) pension, a deferred added (all beneficiaries) pension.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "See Chapter 4 of Part 4 for when a member is eligible under this scheme for payment of ill-health benefits."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/445/regulation/91",
    "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."
}