{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-116",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-116.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/512",
  "legislation_title": "The Teachers' Pension Scheme Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/116",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "116",
  "heading": "Entitlement to total incapacity pension",
  "text": "(1) A total incapacity pension is payable to a person (P) from the entitlement day if—\n(a) P is entitled to an ill-health pension because the scheme manager is satisfied that P meets the incapacity condition;\nP has applied under regulation 162 for payment of an ill-health pension and a total incapacity pension; and\n(b)the scheme manager is satisfied after consideration of a medical report that P meets the total incapacity condition.\n(2) For a person in stepped down employment, the scheme manager must be satisfied that P's total incapacity is wholly or partly related to the ill-health which led to the change in the terms of employment.\n(3) A total incapacity pension is not payable to P if—\n(a) P left an eligible employment for a reason other than because P was incapacitated; or\n(b) P made the ill-health application—\n(i) after leaving all eligible employment; and\n(ii) more than 2 years after the last day of pensionable service.\n(4) Except as provided in regulation 118, the total incapacity pension is payable for life.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/512/regulation/116",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:24:37.807691+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."
}