Paragraph 5 Referral to an appointed medical practitionerC1C2
If a final decision is referred to a medical authority for reconsideration under paragraph 3 and the medical authority is unable or unwilling to act, the final decision may be referred to an appointed medical practitioner.
The decision of an appointed medical practitioner has effect as if it were that of the medical authority who gave the final decision.
In this paragraph, “appointed medical practitioner” means a duly qualified medical practitioner or a number of duly qualified medical practitioners—
agreed by the member of the police service and the police pension authority; or
appointed by the appeal tribunal.
Annotations
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 1 applied (1.10.2023) by The Police Pensions (Remediable Service) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/122), regs. 1(b), 51(4)
- C2
Sch. 1 applied (1.10.2023) by The Police Pensions (Remediable Service) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/122), regs. 1(b), 51(7)
Notes on Schedule 1
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Sch. 1 substituted (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, 42(2)