The Teachers’ Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

Entitlement to total incapacity pension

116.—(1) A total incapacity pension is payable to a person (P) from the entitlement day if—

(a) P is entitled to an ill-health pension because the Department is satisfied that P meets the incapacity condition;

(b) P has applied under regulation 162 for payment of an ill-health pension and a total incapacity pension; and

(c) the Department is satisfied after consideration of a medical report that P meets the total incapacity condition.

(2) For a person in stepped down employment, the Department must be satisfied that P’s total incapacity is wholly or partly related to the ill-health which led to the change in the terms of employment.

(3) A total incapacity pension is not payable to P if—

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

(b) P made the ill-health application—

(i) after leaving all eligible employment; and

(ii) more than 2 years after the last day of pensionable service.

(4) Except as provided in regulation 118, the total incapacity pension is payable for life.