The Teachers’ Pensions Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2019

PART 5 Teachers (Compensation for Redundancy and Premature Retirement) Regulations 2015

Amendments to the Teachers (Compensation for Redundancy and Premature Retirement) Regulations 2015

30.  The Teachers (Compensation for Redundancy and Premature Retirement) Regulations 2015(1) are amended in accordance with regulations 31 to 33.

Amendments to regulation 2

31.  In regulation 2(2)—

(a) for the definition of “appropriate person” substitute—

““appropriate person” means—

(a)

in the case of a person employed at a foundation or voluntary aided school or a foundation special school within the meaning of section 20 of the 1998 Act(2), the local authority;

(b)

in the case of any other employee, the person by whom the employee was employed;”;

(b) in the definition of “compensating authority”, for “regulation 35” substitute “regulation 33(3);

(c) in the definition of “deciding authority”, for “regulation 34” substitute “regulation 33(2)”.

Delegation of scheme manager functions

32.  After regulation 2 insert—

“Delegation of scheme manager functions

2A.   The scheme manager may delegate any functions exercisable by the scheme manager under these Regulations, including this power to delegate.”.

Amendment to regulation 23

33.  In regulation 23, for paragraphs (b) and (c) substitute—

“(b) if P is a member of an existing scheme with a normal pension age of 65, a transition member or a member of the 2015 scheme, 37.5% of the notional annual compensation rate.”.

(1)

S.I. 2015/601.

(2)

1998 c. 31; there are amendments to section 20 which are not relevant to these Regulations.