# The Teachers' Pension Scheme Regulations 2014, Regulation 103: Meaning of “entitlement day” (early retirement pension)


(1) The entitlement day for an early retirement pension is as follows.
(2) If a person (P) is not in eligible employment when P applies under regulation 162 for payment of the pension, the entitlement day is a day specified in P's application which is at least 6 weeks after the day on which the application is made.
(3) If P is in eligible employment when P applies under regulation 162 for payment of the pension and P's employer agrees that an early retirement pension should become payable to P, the entitlement day is the day after P leaves all eligible employment.
(4) If P is in eligible employment when P applies under regulation 162 for payment of the pension and P's employer does not agree that an early retirement pension should become payable to P—
(a) if P continues in eligible employment for at least 6 months after the date on which P asks P's employer to agree, the entitlement day is the day after P leaves all eligible employment;
(b) if P leaves all eligible employment before the end of 6 months after the date on which P asks P's employer to agree, the entitlement day is a day specified in P's application which is at least 6 weeks after the day on which the application is made.
(5) Despite sub-paragraphs (2) to (4), the entitlement day must not be before the day on which P—
(a) reaches normal minimum pension age; or
(b) leaves all eligible employment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/512/regulation/103 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-103
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