{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-189",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-189.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/189",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "189",
  "heading": "Entitlement to repayment of balance of contributions",
  "text": "(1) A person (P) is entitled on the entitlement day to a repayment of the balance of contributions, calculated in accordance with regulation 191, if—\n(a) P has left all pensionable service and does not re-enter pensionable service before the entitlement day;\n(b) P has applied under regulation 190 for the repayment; and\n(c) paragraph (2) does not apply.\n(2) This paragraph applies if—\n(a) P is qualified for retirement benefits;\n(b) a transfer payment has been made in respect of P's pensionable service; or\n(c) P is in a period of post-benefit service immediately before the last day of pensionable service .\n(3) For the purpose of this regulation, P is in pensionable service while P is absent on maternity leave, paternity leave, ... parental leave, shared parental leave , parental bereavement leave , neonatal care leave or adoption leave if P is entitled to return from leave by virtue of Part 8 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 .\n(3A) For the purposes of this regulation, P is in pensionable service while P is absent on carer’s leave if P is entitled to return from leave by virtue of Part 8B of the Employment Rights Act 1996.\n(4) If a repayment of the balance of contributions is made, P's rights under this scheme are extinguished.\n(5) This regulation is subject to regulation 183 (general prohibition on unauthorised payments).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 189(3) omitted (5.4.2015) by virtue of The Shared Parental Leave and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3255), arts. 1(3), 32(10)(a) (with art. 35(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 189(3) inserted (31.12.2014) by The Shared Parental Leave and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3255), arts. 1(2), 32(10)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 189(3) inserted (6.4.2020) by The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/354), regs. 1, 33(10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 189(3) inserted (6.4.2025) by The Neonatal Care Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/201), regs. 1(2), 24(10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 189(3A) inserted (6.4.2024) by The Carer's Leave (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/266), regs. 1(2), 6(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "See regulation 124 for P's entitlement to a short-service annuity if P is not re-qualified for retirement benefits in respect of a period of post-benefit service."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1996 c.18; Part 8 was amended by the Employment Relations Act 1999 (c.26), Schedule 4, and the Employment Act 2002 (c.22), sections 1 and 3."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/512/regulation/189",
    "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."
}