The Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015 No. 142

PART 6 Retirement pensions payable on grounds of permanent medical unfitness

CHAPTER 2 Compulsory ill-health retirement

Compulsory retirement on grounds of permanent medical unfitness

72.—(1) This regulation applies if—

(a) the employer refers questions relating to the member’s permanent medical unfitness to a selected medical practitioner under regulation 71(1);

(b) the selected medical practitioner gives the employer and the member a report under that regulation; and

(c) the report contains the decision that the member is permanently medically unfit for performing the ordinary duties of a member of the police force.

(2) The employer, after considering all the relevant circumstances and all the advice and information available to it (including input from the member)—

(a) may require the member to retire on the date the employer considers the member ought to retire on the ground that the member is permanently medically unfit for performing the ordinary duties of a member of the police force; or

(b) may require the member to continue to serve as a member of the police force.