The Teachers' Superannuation (Scotland) Regulations 2005

1.—(1) In this Part–

“the Fund” means the Teachers' Family Benefits Fund established by regulation 37 of the 1965 Family Benefit Regulations(1) and continued by regulation 13 of the 1971 Family Benefit Regulations(2);

“member” means a man who–

(a)

has been employed in pensionable employment at any time after 31st March 1972;

(b)

immediately before 1st April 1972 had service counting for benefit within the meaning of regulation 37 of the 1971 Family Benefit Regulations; and

(c)

has not received a repayment of contributions paid by him under the 1965 Family Benefit Regulations or the 1971 Family Benefit Regulations; and

“non member” means a man other than a member, who–

(a)

has been employed in pensionable employment at any time after 31st March 1972; and

(b)

is entitled to count a period that ended before 1st April 1972 as reckonable service.

(2) A member’s normal contributions are the contributions paid by him under regulation 6 of the 1965 Family Benefit Regulations or regulation 25 of the 1971 Family Benefit Regulations, and his normal service is the period in respect of which he paid them.

(3) A member’s additional contributions are any contributions paid by him under regulation 9 of the 1965 Family Benefit Regulations or under regulation 26 or 27 of the 1971 Family Benefit Regulations, and the additional period is the period in respect of which he elected to pay them.

(4) A member’s deemed normal service is two-thirds of any service before 1st April 1972 in respect of which the full amount of normal contributions was held in the Fund immediately before that date.

(5) A member’s deemed additional service is

where–

• A is the factor ascertained from Table 1 below;

• B is the amount of the additional contributions held in the Fund immediately before 1st April 1972; and

• C is the annual rate of his salary at that time.

TABLE 1

Age at last birthday before 1st April 1972	Factor	Age at last birthday before 1st April 1972	Factor
18	21.4	40	50.3
19	23.9	41	50.2
20	26.2	42	50.0
21	28.4	43	49.8
22	30.6	44	49.6
23	32.6
24	34.5	45	49.4
		46	49.3
25	36.3	47	49.2
26	38.0	48	49.1
27	39.6	49	49.0
28	41.1
29	42.6	50	49.0
		51	49.0
30	43.9	52	49.0
31	45.2	53	48.9
32	46.4	54	48.9
33	47.4
34	48.4	55	48.8
		56	48.8
35	49.2	57	48.7
36	49.8	58	48.7
37	50.0	59	48.6
38	50.2
39	50.3	60 and over	48.6

(6) A member’s credited service is 165.6 per cent of the total of his deemed normal service and any deemed additional service.

(7) References in this Part to “Method I”, “Method II” and “Method III” are references to the Methods so designated in the 1965 Family Benefit Regulations.

(1)

S.I. 1965/680, revoked by S.I. 1967/901.

(2)

S.I. 1971/1775, revoked by S.I. 1977/1360.