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s.186
Employers’ contributions
Regulated
- Pay employer pension contributions for teachers in pensionable serviceEmployer
s.187
Deduction of contributions from pensionable earnings
Regulated
- Deduct pension contributions from teachers' pay each pay periodEmployer
s.209
Employment records
Regulated
- Record employee pension information and report to scheme managerEmployer
213 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001
Citation, extent and commencement
s.002
Establishment of Scottish Teachers’ Pension Scheme 2015
s.003
Interpretation
s.004
Connected schemes
s.005
Leaving pensionable service
s.006
Leaving eligible employment
s.007
Scheme manager
s.008
Establishment of pension board
s.009
Membership of pension board
s.010
Establishment of scheme advisory board
s.011
Membership of scheme advisory board
s.012
Conflict of interest
s.013
Meaning of “an eligible employment”
s.014
Meaning of “P’s automatic enrolment date” and “P’s automatic re-enrolment date”
s.015
Meaning of “full-time” and “part-time” employment
s.016
Meaning of “irregular employment”
s.017
Meaning of “opt-out notice” and “opt-in notice”
s.018
Eligibility for active membership
s.019
More than one employment
s.020
Dual capacity membership
s.021
Payment of retirement benefits to dual capacity members
s.022
Service not pensionable unless member is entitled to pay
s.023
Service not pensionable unless members’ contributions are paid
s.024
Pensionable service – armed forces service
s.025
Election for armed forces service to be pensionable
s.026
Pensionable service on or after automatic enrolment date
s.027
Opting out of this scheme after automatic enrolment date
s.028
Opting into this scheme after automatic enrolment date
s.029
Pensionable service before automatic enrolment date
s.030
Opting out of this scheme before automatic enrolment date
s.031
Opting into this scheme before automatic enrolment date
s.032
Interpretation
s.033
Pensionable earnings
s.034
Amounts not forming part of pensionable earnings
s.035
Application for residential benefits in kind to form part of pensionable earnings
s.036
Money value of residential benefits in kind to form part of pensionable earnings
s.037
Pensionable earnings for the purpose of accruing benefits
s.038
Multiple regular full-time or part-time employments
s.039
Multiple employments including at least one irregular employment
s.040
Interpretation
s.041
Pensionable service
s.042
Meaning of “leaver index adjustment”
s.043
Meaning of “leaver PIA index adjustment”
s.044
Calculation of amount of accrued pension for purposes of retirement other than phased retirement
s.045
Calculation of amount of accrued pension for purpose of phased retirement
s.046
Establishment of pension accounts: general
s.047
Closure of pension accounts on transfer out or repayment of balance of contributions
s.048
Establishment of active member’s account
s.049
Receipt of transfer values
s.050
Receipt of club transfer values
s.051
Account to specify amount of pension for a financial year
s.052
Account to specify opening balance and index adjustment
s.053
Ill-health pension ceases to be payable
s.054
Phased retirement pension ceases to be payable
s.055
Establishment of additional pension account
s.056
Account to specify amount of additional pension
s.057
Account to specify opening balance and PIA index adjustment
s.058
Ill-health pension ceases to be payable
s.059
Phased retirement pension ceases to be payable
s.060
Establishment of deferred member’s account
s.061
Account to specify amount of accrued earned pension and leaver index adjustment
s.062
Account closed after break not exceeding 5 years or after service under another public service scheme
s.063
Account remains open after disqualifying break of more than 5 years
s.064
Account established after ill-health pension ceases to be payable
s.065
Account established after phased retirement pension ceases to be payable
s.066
Meaning of “full retirement earned pension”
s.067
Meaning of “full retirement additional pension”
s.068
Meaning of “phased retirement earned pension”
s.069
Meaning of “phased retirement additional pension”
s.070
Meaning of “standard reduction”
s.071
Meaning of “actuarial adjustment”
s.072
Meaning of “commutation amount”
s.073
Pension accounts for active or deferred members who become pensioner members
s.074
Pension accounts for phased retirement members
s.075
Ill-health pension ceases to be payable
s.076
Phased retirement pension ceases to be payable
s.077
Pension accounts for pension credit members
s.078
Separate account for each capacity of membership
s.079
Qualifying for retirement benefits
s.080
Re-qualifying for retirement benefits in respect of post-benefit service
s.081
Payment of retirement benefits for post-benefit service
s.082
Meaning of “entitlement day” (age retirement pension)
s.083
Entitlement to age retirement pension
s.084
Annual rate of age retirement pension
s.085
Arrears of pension payable to deferred member who becomes pensioner member after reaching normal pension age
s.086
Interpretation of Chapter
s.087
The reduced annual rate condition
s.088
The new employment condition
s.089
Meaning of “entitlement day” (phased retirement pension)
s.090
Entitlement to phased retirement pension
s.091
Phased retirement applications
s.092
Phased retirement proportion
s.093
Annual rate of phased retirement pension
s.094
Cessation of phased retirement pension
s.095
Subsequent phased retirement applications
s.096
Interpretation “pensionable service”
s.097
Meaning of “entitlement day” (premature retirement pension)
s.098
Entitlement to premature retirement pension
s.099
Annual rate of premature retirement pension
s.100
Meaning of “entitlement day” (early retirement pension)
s.101
Entitlement to early retirement pension
s.102
Annual rate of early retirement pension
s.103
Interpretation
s.104
Incapacity definitions
s.105
Ill-health applications
s.106
Entitlement day for ill-health pension
s.107
Entitlement to ill-health pension
s.108
No entitlement to ill-health pension
s.109
When ill-health pension does not become payable
s.110
Annual rate of ill-health pension
s.111
When ill-health pension ceases to be payable
s.112
Meaning of “entitlement day” (total incapacity pension)
s.113
Entitlement to total incapacity pension
s.114
Annual rate of total incapacity pension
s.115
Cessation of total incapacity pension
s.116
Application for payment of grant
s.117
Meaning of “entitlement day” (short-service serious ill-health grant)
s.118
Entitlement to short-service serious ill-health grant
s.119
Amount of grant
s.120
Meaning of “entitlement day” (short-service annuity)
s.121
Entitlement to short-service annuity
s.122
Annual rate of short-service annuity
s.123
General
s.124
When a retirement pension does not become payable
s.125
Meaning of “dies in service”
s.126
Meaning of “dies out of service”
s.127
Meaning of “dies as a pensioner member”
s.128
Payment of survivor benefits for post-benefit service
s.129
Death of a dual capacity member
s.130
Meaning of “death grant beneficiary”
s.131
Meaning of “surviving adult”
s.132
Meaning of “surviving nominated partner”
s.133
Meaning of “surviving nominated beneficiary”
s.134
Meaning of “eligible child”
s.135
Payment of death grant
s.136
Death in service grant
s.137
Death out of service grant
s.138
Supplementary death grant payable on death of pensioner member
s.139
Surviving adult pensions
s.140
Annual rate of surviving adult pension: short-term
s.141
Annual rate of surviving adult pension: long-term
s.142
Enhancement of surviving adult pension
s.143
Additional pensions for surviving adults
s.144
Annual rate of additional (surviving adult) pension: short-term
s.145
Annual rate of additional (surviving adult) pension: long-term
s.146
Entitlement to child pension
s.147
Annual rate of child pension: short-term
s.148
Annual rate of child pension: long-term
s.149
Enhancement of child pension
s.150
Interpretation of Part
s.151
Entitlement day for pension credit retirement pension
s.152
Entitlement to pension credit retirement pension
s.153
Annual rate of pension credit retirement pension
s.154
Meaning of death grant beneficiary
s.155
Death grant: death of pension credit member before pension becomes payable
s.156
Death grant: death of pension credit member after benefits payable
s.157
Payment of death grant
s.158
Benefits payable by the scheme manager
s.159
Application for payment of benefits
s.160
Payment of pension
s.161
Member declaration
s.162
Commutation of part of pension
s.163
Amount of lump sum payable under regulation 162
s.164
Commutation amount for lump sum payable under regulation 162
s.165
Commutation of whole pension (serious ill-health)
s.166
Amount of lump sum payable under regulation 165 instead of retirement pension
s.167
Amount of lump sum payable under regulation 165 instead of a pension credit retirement pension
s.168
Commutation: small pensions
s.169
Evidence of continuing entitlement to benefit
s.170
Cessation of benefits where no entitlement
s.171
Recovery of overpayment of benefits
s.172
Interest on late payment of benefits
s.173
Payment of benefits in certain cases
s.174
Benefits not assignable
s.175
Forfeiture of benefits
s.176
Reduction of benefits: annual allowances and lifetime allowance charge
s.177
General prohibition on unauthorised payments
s.178
Pensionable earnings for a pay period
s.179
Contributions for standard earned pension
s.180
Contributions under Schedule 2
s.181
Contributions payable during a period of permanent service in the armed forces
s.182
Meaning of “entitlement day” (repayment of balance of contributions)
s.183
Entitlement to repayment of balance of contributions
s.184
Application for repayment of balance of contributions
s.185
Calculation of balance of contributions
s.188
Deductions not made before an employment ends
s.189
Recovery of unpaid contributions from benefits
s.190
Payment by employers to scheme manager
s.191
Application of Part
s.192
Interpretation of Part
s.193
Application of Chapter
s.194
Application of this Section
s.195
Application for a statement of entitlement
s.196
Application for payment of a transfer value
s.197
Payment of a transfer value
s.198
Application for acceptance of a transfer value
s.199
Acceptance of a transfer value
s.200
Amount of transferred pension
s.201
Application of Chapter
s.202
Application of this Section
s.203
Application for a club transfer statement of entitlement
s.204
Application for payment of a club transfer value
s.205
Payment of a club transfer value
s.206
Application for acceptance of a club transfer value
s.207
Acceptance of a club transfer value
s.208
Amount of club transfer earned pension
s.210
Information and documents
s.211
Provision of benefit information statements to members
s.212
Extension of time
s.213
Guaranteed minimum pension
s.214
Transitional provisions
s.214
Scheme valuation and employer cost cap
s.215
Revocation
Schedules
Schedules
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s.sch002
Lump sum or monthly payments
Regulated
- Pay employer additional pension contributions in a lump sumEmployer
119 other schedules
s.sch001
Interpretation
s.sch001
Employment as a teacher in the Schools of Architecture, Town...
s.sch001
Employment as a teacher in the Faculty of Education or...
s.sch001
Employment as a teacher in the Faculty of Engineering or...
s.sch001
Employment as a teacher in the Faculty of Education at...
s.sch001
Employment as a teacher in the Faculty of Education at...
s.sch001
Employment as a teacher in Edinburgh College of Art, a...
s.sch001
Employment as a music instructor, educational psychologist, senior educational psychologist,...
s.sch001
Employment as a researcher engaged in research in education at...
s.sch001
Employment for a temporary period not exceeding four years in...
s.sch001
Employment by an education authority, college of further education or...
s.sch001
(1) Employment as a teacher of a kind not elsewhere...
s.sch001
Continuation in employment on and after 1st April 2015 of...
s.sch001
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), employment as an accepted phased...
s.sch001
Meaning of “accepted school”
s.sch001
Meaning of “accepted phased withdrawal school”
s.sch001
Employment as a teacher in a public or grant-aided school,...
s.sch001
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), employment as a teacher in...
s.sch001
Employment as a teacher in an independent school which is...
s.sch001
Employment as a lecturer in a college of further education...
s.sch001
Employment as a teacher in the Scottish Further Education Unit....
s.sch001
Employment as a teacher in a university or part of...
s.sch001
Employment as a teacher in the Faculty of Education at...
s.sch002
Interpretation of Schedule
s.sch002
Accepting an additional pension election
s.sch002
Determination of contributions payable
s.sch002
Lump sum contributions: payment of contributions and credit of additional pension
s.sch002
Refund of lump sum contribution
s.sch002
Application of Chapter
s.sch002
Payment of contributions
s.sch002
Member leaves all pensionable service before end of contributions payment period
s.sch002
Retirement pension (other than ill health pension) becomes payable before end of contributions payment period
s.sch002
Revoking an additional pension election
s.sch002
Ill health pension becomes payable before end of contributions payment period
s.sch002
Meaning of “amount of extra pension”
s.sch002
Death in service before end of contributions payment period
s.sch002
Member leaves all pensionable service before qualifying for retirement benefits
s.sch002
Faster accrual election
s.sch002
Making a faster accrual election
s.sch002
Accepting a faster accrual election
s.sch002
Determination of contributions payable
s.sch002
Payment of contributions
s.sch002
Revoking a faster accrual election
s.sch002
Member leaves all pensionable service before qualifying for retirement benefits
s.sch002
When the standard reduction applies
s.sch002
Meaning of “overall amount of extra pension”
s.sch002
Determination of the buy-out value
s.sch002
Eligible to make buy-out election
s.sch002
Making a buy-out election
s.sch002
Accepting a buy-out election
s.sch002
Determination of contributions payable
s.sch002
Payment of buy-out contributions
s.sch002
Monthly payments during gap in service
s.sch002
Revoking a buy-out election
s.sch002
Member leaves all pensionable service before qualifying for retirement benefits
s.sch002
Limit on elections
s.sch002
Actuarial advice
s.sch002
Election to pay contributions for additional pension
s.sch002
Annual rate of additional (self only) pension
s.sch002
Making an additional pension election
s.sch003
Interpretation
s.sch003
Exception for tapered protection members during protection period
s.sch003
Tapered protection member not eligible to join this scheme
s.sch003
Meaning of “transition member”
s.sch003
Active members of the existing scheme
s.sch003
Transition members with continuity of service
s.sch003
Transition members without continuity of service
s.sch003
Application of Part
s.sch003
Member with full protection
s.sch003
Member with tapered protection or no protection
s.sch003
Reaching normal pension age
s.sch003
Meaning of “active member of existing scheme”
s.sch003
Application of the 2005 Regulations
s.sch003
Determination of final salary
s.sch003
Winding down employment
s.sch003
Annual rate of pension
s.sch003
Application for payment of age retirement pension
s.sch003
Application for payment of phased retirement pension
s.sch003
Application for payment of premature retirement pension
s.sch003
Application for payment of early retirement pension
s.sch003
Application for payment of ill-health pension
s.sch003
Entitlement to payment of total incapacity pension
s.sch003
Calculation of retirement benefits after ill-health pension ceases to be payable
s.sch003
Meaning of “continuity of service”
s.sch003
Reduction of ill-health pension and total incapacity pension
s.sch003
Entitlement to payment of a short-service serious ill-health grant
s.sch003
Application for payment of a surviving adult pension
s.sch003
Calculation of a short-term surviving adult pension of a surviving adult of a transition member
s.sch003
Long-term rate of a surviving adult pension of a surviving adult of a transition member
s.sch003
Reduction of surviving adult pension
s.sch003
Application for payment of an additional (surviving adult) pension
s.sch003
Application for payment of a child pension
s.sch003
Calculation of a short-term child pension of an eligible child of a transition member
s.sch003
Rate of a long-term child pension of an eligible child of a transition member
s.sch003
Gap in service after scheme closing date
s.sch003
Reduction of child pension
s.sch003
Application for payment of a death in service grant
s.sch003
Application for payment of a death out of service grant
s.sch003
Application for supplementary death grant
s.sch003
Application for payment of benefits for pension credit members
s.sch003
Election to opt out of existing scheme continues to have effect
s.sch003
Qualifying for retirement benefits under existing scheme
s.sch003
Nomination continues to have effect
s.sch003
Repayment of balance of contributions
s.sch003
Residential emoluments
s.sch003
Meaning of “closing date” for a tapered protection member
s.sch003
Transfer payments in respect of the existing scheme
s.sch003
Election to pay contributions by a person serving in a reserve force
s.sch003
Commutation: small pensions
s.sch003
Meaning of “full protection member”
s.sch003
Exception for full protection member during protection period
s.sch003
Full protection member not eligible to join this scheme
s.sch003
Meaning of “tapered protection member”
s.sch004
Scheme valuation report
s.sch004
Employer cost cap
s.sch004
Breach of employer cost cap margins
s.sch004
Scottish Teachers’ Pension Scheme Advisory Board report
s.sch004
Action by the responsible authority
s.sch004
Timescale for action
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