The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2014

Ill-health applications
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105.—(1) An ill-health application made by a person (P)—

(a)must be accompanied by all the medical evidence necessary for the scheme manager to determine that P is entitled to the payment of an ill-health pension or a total incapacity pension; and

(b)must be signed by P’s employer unless—

(i)P left all eligible employment for a reason other than because P was incapacitated; or

(ii)P made the ill-health application more than 2 years after the last day of pensionable service.

(2) The medical evidence must include a medical report containing evidence that P meets—

(a)the incapacity condition; and

(b)if applicable, the total incapacity condition.

(3) An application for a total incapacity pension will not be granted unless it is made—

(a)before P leaves all eligible employment; or

(b)within 2 years after the last day of pensionable service.