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

PART 4Transition members becoming active members of this scheme

Meaning of “transition member”

12.  A person to whom paragraph 13 applies is a transition member.

Active members of the existing scheme

13.  This paragraph applies to a person (P) if—

(a)P is a member of the existing scheme by virtue of his or her pensionable service under that scheme before the transition date; and

(b)P is a member of this scheme by virtue of his or her pensionable service under this scheme on or after the transition date.

Transition members with continuity of service

14.  A transition member (P) who has continuity of service becomes an active member of this scheme—

(a)if P is in pensionable service on the transition date, on that date; or

(b)on re-entering pensionable service after the transition date.

Transition members without continuity of service

15.  A transition member (P) who does not have continuity of service becomes an active member of this scheme when P re-enters pensionable service on or after the transition date.