{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliamentary-pensions-act-2009/schedule-1/paragraph-47",
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  "legislation": "asp/2009/1",
  "legislation_title": "Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliamentary-pensions-act-2009",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/47",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "An individual is entitled to a serious ill-health pension if the Fund trustees are satisfied that the following conditions are met—\nCondition 1\nThe individual resigns as or otherwise stops being an MSP or, as the case may be, the holder of a pensionable office as a direct consequence of a health condition.\nCondition 2\nAt that time, the individual would be entitled to a scheme pension but for the fact that the individual is not yet 65 years old.\nCondition 3\nThe individual applies to the Fund trustees for a serious ill-health pension.\nCondition 4\nThe health condition prevents the individual from doing any gainful work.\nCondition 5\nThe health condition is expected to be permanent and to continue to prevent the individual from doing gainful work.\nCondition 6\nThe application is accompanied by evidence that a doctor is satisfied that conditions 4 and 5 are met.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2009/1/schedule/1/paragraph/47",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:42.892423+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."
}