# The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions Regulations 2014, Regulation 71: Meaning of “incapacity for employment” and “total incapacity for employment”

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purpose of these Regulations—
(a) a member’s breakdown in health involves “incapacity for employment” if the scheme medical adviser is of the opinion that, as a result of the breakdown, the member is incapable of doing the member’s own or a comparable job; and
(b) a member’s breakdown in health involves “total incapacity for employment” if the scheme medical adviser is of the opinion that, as a result of the breakdown—
(i) the member is incapable of doing the member’s own or a comparable job; and
(ii) the member is incapable of gainful employment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1964/regulation/71 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-civil-servants-and-others-pensions-regulations-2014/regulation-71
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