{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-127",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-127.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/127",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "127",
  "heading": "Meaning of “dies in service”",
  "text": "(1) A member (D) dies in service for the purpose of survivor's benefits if—\n(a) D dies while in pensionable service under this scheme;\n(b) D dies while on non-pensionable family leave immediately following a period of pensionable service under this scheme;\n(c) as at the date of D's death, an election under regulation 26 has effect or is taken to have effect; or\n(d) paragraph (2) applies.\n(2) This paragraph applies if—\n(a) D dies within 12 months after leaving pensionable service in all eligible employment because P was incapacitated; and\n(b) a retirement pension other than a phased retirement pension does not become payable in relation to that service before D's death.",
  "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/127",
    "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."
}