http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/310/schedule/3/part/1The Teachers' Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabasePUBLIC SERVICE PENSIONS;EDUCATION2025-05-10Expert Participation2025-04-01 These Regulations establish a career average re-valued earnings scheme for the payment of pensions and other benefits to and in respect of teachers in Northern Ireland. SCHEDULE 3PART 11In this Schedule—“the Superannuation Regulations” means the Teachers' Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1998 ;“exception” means an exception to section 18(1) of the Act;“existing scheme rules” means the provisions of the existing scheme, an existing club scheme or an existing public service scheme; “final salary benefits” means the benefits accrued in a final salary scheme in respect of which the pension entitlement payable to or in respect of a person’s pensionable service is or may be determined by reference to the person’s final salary; “full protection member”, in relation to the existing scheme, has the meaning given in Part 2;“protected member”, in relation to the existing scheme, means a full protection member or tapered protection member of that scheme;“protection period”—for a full protection member of the existing scheme, has the meaning given in Part 2;for a tapered protection member of the existing scheme, has the meaning given in Part 3;“public service scheme” means a scheme under section 1 of the Act;“scheme closing date” means 31st March 2015;“tapered protection member”, in relation to the existing scheme, has the meaning given in Part 3;“tapered protection closing date” has the meaning given in paragraph 4;“transition date” means—for a tapered protection member of the existing scheme, the day after the tapered protection closing date; or for a full protection member of the existing scheme to whom a retirement pension has become payable under the existing scheme, means the day in which that member becomes an active member of this scheme; for a full protection member of the existing scheme other than a full protection member described in sub-paragraph (aa), means 1st April 2022;for a transition member ... who is not a protected member of the existing scheme, the day after the scheme closing date.21For the purpose of Parts 2, 3 and 4 of this Schedule, a person (P) is an active member of the existing scheme on a given date if on that date—aP is in pensionable service under the existing scheme;bP is on a gap in service not exceeding 5 years; orcP is in receipt of an ill-health pension in respect of the existing scheme.31Sub-paragraph (2) applies—aafter the scheme closing date; andbin relation to a member of the existing scheme.2A member (P) is not on a gap in service while P is in pensionable service under an existing scheme.41The closing date for a tapered protection member of the existing scheme (“tapered protection closing date”) is a date between 31st May 2015 and 31st January 2022 (both dates inclusive) determined by the Department by reference to a table published for that purpose.2The tapered protection closing date must fall on the last day of a month.51This paragraph applies in relation to a transition member (P) who was a member of the existing scheme or an existing public service scheme before becoming an active member of this scheme.2For the purpose of this Schedule, P has continuity of service unless P has a gap in service exceeding 5 years which—abegins on or before the closing date; andbends on the day on which P becomes an active member of this scheme.3In this paragraph, “closing date” means—zaif P is a full protection member of the existing scheme, 31st March 2022;aif P is a tapered protection member of the existing scheme, P's tapered protection closing date; orbotherwise, the scheme closing date.S.R. 1998 No. 333, as amended by S.R. 2001 No. 149, S.R. 2003 No. 147, S.R. 2005 No. 181, S.R. 2005 No. 495, S.R. 2006 No. 163, S.R. 2006 No. 366, S.R. 2007 No. 137, S.R. 2008 No. 50, S.R. 2010 No. 137, S.R. 2012 No. 126, S.R. 2013 No. 54, S.R. 2014 No. 37 and S.R. 2014 No. 70.See section 18(4) and (7) of the Act for the meaning of “closing date”.Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of The Teachers’ Pensions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/126), regs. 1, 16Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (1.4.2022) by The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/134), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a)Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (1.4.2022) by The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/134), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)Sch. 3 para. 5(3)(za) inserted (1.4.2022) by The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/134), regs. 1(2), 2(3)