The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Citation and commencement

3. 2. Amendment of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2014

4. 3. Regulation 3 (interpretation)

5. 4. Regulation 22 (service not pensionable unless member is entitled to pay)

6. 5. Regulation 32 (interpretation)

7. 6. Regulation 33 (pensionable earnings)

8. 7. Regulation 37 (pensionable earnings for the purpose of accruing benefits)

9. 8. Regulation 90 (entitlement to phased retirement pension)

10. 9. Regulation 98 (entitlement to premature retirement pension)

11. 10. Regulation 100 (meaning of “entitlement day” (early retirement pension))

12. 11. Regulation 101 (entitlement to early retirement pension)

13. 12. Regulation 140 (annual rate of surviving adult pension: short-term)

14. 13. Regulation 147 (annual rate of child pension: short-term)

15. 14. Regulation 151 (entitlement day for pension credit retirement pension)

16. 15. Regulation 178 (pensionable earnings for a pay period)

17. 16. Regulation 179 (contributions for standard earned pension)

18. 17. Regulation 183 (entitlement to repayment of balance of contributions)

19. 18. Regulation 186 (employers’ contributions)

20. 19. Regulation 190 (payment by employers to scheme manager)

21. 20. Regulation 195 (application for a statement of entitlement)

22. 21. Regulation 197 (payment of a transfer value)

23. 22. Regulation 199 (acceptance of a transfer value)

24. 23. Regulation 203 (application for a club transfer statement of entitlement)

25. 24. Regulation 205 (payment of a club transfer value)

26. 25. Regulation 209 (employment records)

27. 26. New regulation 214A

28. 27. Paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 (meaning of “overall amount of extra pension”)

29. 28. Paragraph 31 of Schedule 2 (eligible to make buy-out election)

30. 29. Paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 (interpretation)

31. 30. Paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 (meaning of “active member of existing scheme”)

32. 31. Paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 (meaning of “full protection member”)

33. 32. Paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 (meaning of “tapered protection member”)

34. 33. Paragraph 20 of Schedule 3 (application of existing scheme rules)

35. 34. Paragraph 21 of Schedule 3 (determination of final salary)

36. 35. New paragraph 21A of Schedule 3

37. 36. Paragraph 27 of Schedule 3 (application for payment of ill-health pension)

38. 37. Paragraph 28 of Schedule 3 (entitlement to payment of total incapacity pension)

39. 38. Paragraph 31 of Schedule 3 (entitlement to payment of a short-service serious ill-health grant)

40. 39. Paragraph 33 of Schedule 3 (calculation of a surviving adult pension of a surviving adult of a transition member)

41. 40. Paragraph 34 of Schedule 3 (long-term rate of a surviving adult pension of a surviving adult of a transition member)

42. 41. Paragraph 38 of Schedule 3 (calculation of a child pension of an eligible child of a transition member)

43. 42. Paragraph 39 of Schedule 3 (rate of a child pension of an eligible child of a transition member)

44. 43. New paragraph 52 of Schedule 3

45. 44. New Schedule 4

46. Signature

47. Explanatory Note