{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffs-pensions-scotland-act-1961/section-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/42",
  "legislation_title": "Sheriffs’ Pensions (Scotland) Act 1961",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffs-pensions-scotland-act-1961",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "When pensions may be granted.",
  "text": "A pension may be granted under section one of this Act to a sheriff or salaried sheriff-substitute—\n(a) if he vacates office in pursuance of section six of this Act; or\n(b) if the Secretary of State is satisfied by means of a medical certificate that the sheriff or salaried sheriff-substitute is, by reason of infirmity of mind or body, incapable of discharging the duties of his office and that his incapacity is likely to be permanent; or\n(c) if at the time of his retirement he has attained the age of sixty-five years.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/42/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:10:13.805636+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."
}