Legislation – The Police Pensions (Remediable Service) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023
PART 7Provision about special cases
CHAPTER 1Ill-health retirement
Application and interpretation of Chapter 149.
(1)
This Chapter applies in relation to an immediate choice member (“M”) who, during the period beginning on 1st April 2015 and ending on 31st March 2022, became entitled to—
(a)
(b)
an ill-health pension under regulation 26 of the 2009 Regulations;
(c)
an ill-health pension under regulation 100 of the 2015 Regulations.
(2)
In this Chapter—
“1988 IHR member” means a member described in paragraph (1)(a);
“2006 IHR member” means a member described in paragraph (1)(b);
“2015 IHR member” means a member described in paragraph (1)(c);
“alternative scheme” means, in relation to—
(a)
a 1988 IHR member or a 2006 IHR member, the reformed scheme;
(b)
a 2015 IHR member, the member’s legacy scheme;
“ill-health benefits” means benefits payable by virtue of an entitlement mentioned in paragraph (1);
“police pension authority” has the meaning given in regulation 71 of the 2015 Regulations;
“remediable ill-health benefits” means ill-health benefits payable in relation to M’s remediable police service;
“selected medical practitioner” means a duly qualified medical practitioner appointed by the police pension authority.