{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-171",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-171.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/171",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "171",
  "heading": "Commutation of whole pension (serious ill-health)",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to a member (P) who, on the entitlement day for a pension, has a life expectancy of less than a year.\n(2) P may apply to the scheme manager to receive a lump sum instead of the pension.\n(3) The application must—\n(a) be in writing,\n(b) be made when P applies under regulation 162 for payment of the pension, and\n(c) be accompanied by all the medical evidence necessary for the scheme manager to determine that P is entitled to payment of the lump sum.\n(4) If P is eligible to apply under regulation 168 to receive a lump sum under that regulation—\n(a) the largest permissible lump sum is to be paid under that regulation; and\n(b) the conversion amount under that regulation is to be deducted when calculating the annual rate under regulation 172(2)(a).\n(5) In this regulation, “ pension” means—\n(a) an age retirement pension and any phased retirement pension payable with it;\n(b) an ill-health pension and a total incapacity pension or phased retirement pension payable with it; or\n(c) a pension credit retirement pension.",
  "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/171",
    "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."
}