{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-159",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-159.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/159",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "159",
  "heading": "Death grant: death of pension credit member after benefits payable",
  "text": "(1) A death grant may be paid under this regulation on the death of a pension credit member (D) if—\n(a) a pension credit retirement pension became payable before D's death, and\n(b) AR is greater than AP.\n(2) The amount of the death grant is AR-AP.\n(3) In this regulation—\n“AR” is 5 times the annual rate of the pension credit retirement pension payable as at the date of D's death;\n“AP” is the total amount of that pension payable up until D's death.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 159(1) substituted (retrospective to 1.4.2015) by The Teachers Pensions Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/218), regs. 1(2)(b), 3(7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/512/regulation/159",
    "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."
}