Regulation 7 The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) (No 2) Regulations 2014

(1)

The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) (No 2) Regulations 2014^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 3 (interpretation)—

(a)

at the appropriate place insert—

““carer’s leave” means leave under section 80J of the Employment Rights Act 1996.”;

(b)

in the definition of “non-pensionable family leave”—

(i)

after “paternity leave” for “or” substitute “,”;

(ii)

after “additional paternity leave” insert “or carer’s leave”.

(3)

In regulation 22 (service not pensionable unless member is entitled to pay) in sub-paragraph (1)(b)—

(a)

after “parental bereavement leave” omit “or”;

(b)

after “paternity leave” insert “or carer’s leave”.

(4)

In regulation 32 (interpretation), in sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of “notional pensionable earnings”—

(a)

after “parental bereavement leave” for “or” substitute “,”;

(b)

after “paternity leave” insert “or carer’s leave”.

(5)

In regulation 33 (pensionable earnings), in sub-paragraph (2)(c) after “sick leave,” insert “carer’s leave,”.

(6)

In regulation 37 (pensionable earnings for the purpose of accruing benefits), in sub-paragraph (a) after “sick leave,” insert “carer’s leave,”.

(7)

In regulation 183 (entitlement to repayment of balance of contributions), after paragraph (3) insert a new paragraph (3A)—

“(3A)

for the purposes of this regulation, P is in pensionable service while P is absent on carer’s leave if P is entitled to return from leave by virtue of Part 8B of the Employment Rights Act 1996.”.

(8)

In regulation 209 (employment records), in sub-paragraph (2)(f) after “sick leave,” insert “carer’s leave,”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.S.I. 2014/292, amended by S.S.I. 2015/97, S.I. 2020/354.