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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliamentary-pensions-act-2009/schedule-1/paragraph-54",
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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/54",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Fund trustees may require—\n(a) an applicant for an ill-health pension, or\n(b) an individual whose entitlement to an ill-health pension is being reviewed,\nto be examined by a doctor nominated by them.\n(2) The cost of any doctor's examination is to be borne by the Fund trustees or the examinee (as the Fund trustees may determine).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2009/1/schedule/1/paragraph/54",
    "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."
}