# The Teachers' Pension Scheme Regulations 2014, Regulation 85: Meaning of “entitlement day” (age retirement pension)


(1) The entitlement day for an age retirement pension is as follows.
(2) If a person (P) is qualified for retirement benefits, the entitlement day is the earliest of the following—
(a) if P is in pensionable service on the day on which P reaches normal pension age—
(i) the day after P leaves all pensionable service; or
(ii) the day on which P reaches 75; and
(b) if P is not in pensionable service on the day on which P reaches normal pension age, the day on which P reaches normal pension age.
(3) If P is re-qualified for retirement benefits, the entitlement day is the earliest of the following—
(a) if P is in pensionable service on the date of application, the day after P leaves all pensionable service;
(b) if P has left all pensionable service on the date of application, such day as P specifies in the application, which must be no earlier than 6 weeks after the date of application;
(c) the date of P's 75th birthday.
(4) In this regulation, “date of application” means the day on which P applies for the payment of an age retirement pension.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/512/regulation/85 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-85
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