Legislation – The Police Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Regulations 2023
PART 7Provision about special cases
CHAPTER 1Ill-health retirement
Application and interpretation of Chapter 1
49.
(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 29 of the 2007 Regulations;
(c)
an ill-health pension under regulation 92 of the 2015 Regulations.
(2)
In this Chapter—
“1987 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 1987 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);
“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 relevant employer.