{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-scotland-regulations-2007/regulation-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-scotland-regulations-2007/regulation-29.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2007/201",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pensions (Scotland) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-scotland-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/29",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Police officer’s ill-health pension",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to a regular police officer who retires or has retired under regulation 21:\nProvided that this regulation shall not apply to a regular police officer–\n(a) who has made an election under regulation 9 which had effect at the time of that officer’s retirement;\n(b) who under regulation 8 is ineligible for pension awards payable on the ground of permanent disablement; or\n(c) who has attained the age of 55 at the time of that officer’s retirement, and in such a case that policeman shall be entitled to an ordinary pension under regulation 27 instead of an ill-health pension as provided in this regulation.\n(2) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, a regular police officer to whom this regulation applies shall be entitled to an ill-health pension as provided in this regulation.\n(3) In the case of a regular police officer who, at the time of their retirement–\n(a) (i) fulfills the qualifying service criterion; or\n(ii) is disabled as the result of an injury received without that officer’s default in the execution of duty; and\n(b) in either case, is permanently disabled for the performance of the ordinary duties of a member of the police force but is not permanently disabled for engaging in any regular employment otherwise than as a regular police officer,\nthe award under paragraph (2) shall be an ill-health pension calculated in accordance with regulation 30 (“a standard ill-health pension”).\n(4) In the case of a regular police officer who, at the time of that officer’s retirement, falls within paragraph (3)(a) but is permanently disabled both for the performance of the ordinary duties of a member of the police force and for engaging in any regular employment otherwise than as a regular police officer, the award under paragraph (2) shall comprise–\n(a) a standard ill-health pension; and\n(b) an additional pension calculated in accordance with regulation 31 (“an enhanced top-up ill-health pension”).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/201/regulation/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:14:10.287544+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."
}