{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-75",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-75.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/75",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "75",
  "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 thinks necessary if—\n(a) a question as to whether a member of the police service 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) Where regulation 79(3) applies the Chief Constable, may make a determination under this Part on such evidence and medical advice as the Chief Constable thinks necessary if—\n(a) a question as to whether a member of the police service 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make a decision.\n(3) An appeal under Schedule 1 against a decision of a selected medical practitioner is taken to be withdrawn if—\n(a) a question as to whether a member of the police service is permanently medically unfit is referred to an IMR for decision; and\n(b) the person wilfully or negligently fails to submit to any medical examination or to attend any interviews that the IMR considers necessary in order to make a decision.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 75(3) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 2(c) of the amending Rule) by The Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/38), regs. 2, 13"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/113/regulation/75",
    "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."
}