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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colleges-of-education-scotland-regulations-1987/regulation-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colleges-of-education-scotland-regulations-1987/regulation-26.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/309",
  "legislation_title": "The Colleges of Education (Scotland) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colleges-of-education-scotland-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, each governing body may, with the approval of the Secretary of State, pay such sum or sums by way of pension, allowance or gratuity as it thinks fit to any person who has been employed by the governing body on his retirement, through age or permanent incapacity, from such employment in respect of any period of his service in the employment of the governing body.\n(2) In paragraph (1) of this regulation “permanent incapacity” means disability of mind or body of such a nature or to such an extent as, in the opinion of the governing body, renders a person permanently incapable of continuing to serve efficiently in its employment.\n(3) A pension, allowance or gratuity under this regulation shall not be payable in respect of any period of service which is reckoned for the purpose of any other pension, allowance, gratuity, or like benefit, payable–\n(a) out of any superannuation scheme or fund established by or under any enactment; or\n(b) directly or indirectly out of monies provided by Parliament.\n(4) In paragraph (3) of this regulation the reference to “any other pension” does not include a retirement pension under Part II of the Social Security Act 1975 and the reference to “like benefit” does not include any benefit payable under the Social Security Acts 1975 to 1986.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 14."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/309/regulation/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:31:49.435131+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}