{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-grants-to-members-and-officeholders-order-1999/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1081",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Grants to Members and Officeholders) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-grants-to-members-and-officeholders-order-1999",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Ill-health retirement grant for members",
  "text": "(1) Any person who ceases to be a member of the Parliament by resigning his seat on grounds of ill-health before attaining the age of 65 may apply to the Parliamentary corporation for payment of a grant under this article.\n(2) If on an application under paragraph (1) the Parliamentary corporation is satisfied that–\n(a) the applicant does not intend to seek re-election to the Parliament;\n(b) his ceasing to be a member was a direct consequence of his ill-health; and\n(c) his ill-health is such as would prevent him from performing adequately the duties of a member of the Parliament,\nthe applicant shall, subject to paragraph (3), be entitled to receive payment of an amount equal to that which would have been payable under article 2 had that article been applicable to him on his ceasing to be a member of the Parliament.\n(3) In the event that a person is entitled to a grant under both articles 3 and 4 on his ceasing to be a member of the Parliament, only the grant under article 3 shall be payable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/1891",
      "affecting_title": "The Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Grants to Members and Officeholders and Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme) Amendment Order 1999"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1081/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:50:56.273615+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."
}