{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-civil-servants-and-others-pensions-regulations-2014/schedule-4/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-civil-servants-and-others-pensions-regulations-2014/schedule-4/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1964",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-civil-servants-and-others-pensions-regulations-2014",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“the 1972 Section” means Section II of the PCSPS;\n“the 2002 Section” means Section I of the PCSPS;\n“the 2007 Section” means Section III of the PCSPS;\n“alpha” means the scheme established by regulation 3;\n“death benefits” in relation to a person means benefits payable in the event of the person’s death;\n“final pensionable earnings” has the meaning given in paragraph 2;\n“last day of eligible service” in relation to a person (P) means the last day, during P’s current period of service in scheme employment, of P’s latest period of service during which P has a partnership pension account to which P’s employer is paying contributions; and\n“partnership death benefits arrangements” means the arrangements for payment of death benefits set out in this Schedule or in the scheme made under section 1 of SA 1972 which provided for death benefits for persons who have a partnership pension account.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 inserted (1.4.2015) by The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/602), regs. 1(2), 2(4), Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1964/schedule/4/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:08:32.082597+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."
}