{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1995/regulation-59",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1995/regulation-59.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/215",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/59",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Allowance in respect of medical charges",
  "text": "(1) A member of a police force, if the charges are incurred by reason of an injury received without his default in the execution of his duty as a constable, shall be reimbursed any charges incurred in his case under section 77, 78 or 79 of the National Health Service Act 1977(which sections relate to charges for certain drugs, medicines and appliances and for dental treatment).\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) “injury”and “injury received in the execution of duty”have the same meanings as they have in the Police Pensions Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; sections 78 and 79 were amended by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), section 11, Schedule 2, paragraph 5 and Schedule 3."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/215/regulation/59",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:17:38.937189+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."
}