{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-109",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-109.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2015/113",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "regulation/109",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "109",
  "heading": "Cancellation of lower tier ill-health pension if medical unfitness ceases",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies if—\n(a) The scheme manager carries out a review under regulation 108(review of lower tier ill-health pension);and\n(b) the selected medical practitioner gives a report and certificate on the questions referred under regulation 115(2) containing the decision that P's medical unfitness has ceased, the scheme manager may give P notice that P has ceased to be medically unfit for performing the ordinary duties of a member of the police service.\n(2) The scheme manager may give P notice that P may rejoin the police service—\n(a) within the period of 3 months beginning with the date on which P is given the notice; and\n(b) at a rank not lower than the rank which P held immediately before the ill-health pension became payable.\n(3) The lower tier ill-health pension ceases to be payable to P on the earlier of—\n(a) the last day of the 3 month period; or\n(b) the day on which P rejoins the police service.\n(4) Paragraph (5) applies if—\n(a) a lower tier ill-health pension ceases to be payable under paragraph (3)(a);but\n(b) P is not entitled to receive payment of a full retirement pension under Chapter 2 (full retirement benefits) because P has less than 2 years qualifying service.\n(5) The scheme manager must pay the difference to P if the aggregate of the following is less than P's aggregate pension contributions in respect of the relevant period of service—\n(a) the sums paid in respect of the pension; and\n(b) the actuarial value, determined by the scheme manager in accordance with actuarial tables, of any pension to which P is entitled under regulation 204 (guaranteed minimum pensions under section 10 of 1993 Act).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/113/regulation/109",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:03:04.118896+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."
}