The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2014

Amounts not forming part of pensionable earnings

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34.—(1) This regulation applies to any active member (P).

(2) P’s pensionable earnings do not include any of the following amounts paid to P by P’s employer—

(a)any benefit in kind, or the money value of such a benefit, excluding—

(i)any residential benefits in kind; or

(ii)a benefit in kind under a salary sacrifice arrangement;

(b)any bonus other than a payment under regulation 33(2)(e));

(c)any allowance paid for travelling or other expenses;

(d)any amount paid for the performance of duties that are not carried out in the course of P’s pensionable service;

(e)any payment in consideration for the loss of, or the agreement to give up the right to, paid leave under P’s contract of employment;

(f)any payment in lieu of notice to terminate P’s contract of employment.