{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015/schedule-1/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/445",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pensions Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“appeal board” means a board appointed under paragraph 6 of this Schedule;\n“final decision” has the meaning given in paragraph 3;\n“medical decision” means a decision contained in—\n(a)a report by the selected medical practitioner under regulation 81 (referral of medical questions to a selected medical practitioner for purpose of regulation 82);\n(b)a report by the selected medical practitioner under regulation 83 (compulsory retirement of member who was required to continue to serve);\n(c)a report by the selected medical practitioner under regulation 86 (referral of medical questions for purpose of early payment of a full retirement pension on grounds of permanent medical unfitness);\n(d)a report by the selected medical practitioner under regulation 107 (referral of medical questions for purpose of reduction of benefits);\n(e)a report by the selected medical practitioner under regulation 117 (referral of medical questions for purpose of a review);\n(f)a report by the appeal board under paragraph 2(5) (appeal against decision of a selected medical practitioner); or\n(g)a fresh report by a medical authority under paragraph 3 (referral of final decision for reconsideration).\n“medical authority” means a selected medical practitioner or an appeal board;\n“police pension authority” means the police pension authority acting in exercise of its functions as employer or scheme manager;\n“selected medical practitioner” means—\n(a)a single duly qualified medical practitioner selected by the police pension authority; or\n(b)a board of duly qualified medical practitioners selected by the police pension authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 applied (1.10.2023) by The Police Pensions (Remediable Service) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/831), regs. 1(b), 51(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 applied (1.10.2023) by The Police Pensions (Remediable Service) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/831), regs. 1(b), 51(7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/445/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}