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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-2014/schedule-3/paragraph-31",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/512",
  "legislation_title": "The Teachers' Pension Scheme Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-2014",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Application of existing scheme regulations",
  "text": "(1) The existing scheme regulations apply in relation to the calculation and payment of benefits payable in respect of pensionable service under the existing scheme, save that an application for payment of benefits must be made under regulation 162 of these Regulations and not under the existing scheme regulations.\n(2) The existing scheme regulations apply in relation to the payment of additional pension with a retirement pension under the existing scheme, save that an application for payment of benefits must be made under regulation 162 of these Regulations and not under the existing scheme regulations.\n(3) The existing scheme regulations apply in relation to an election made by a person (P) for contributions to be paid monthly under paragraph 2(1) (election to pay contributions for additional pension) of Schedule 4 to the existing scheme regulations if the election is made before the transition date.\n(4) For the purpose of determining P’s entitlement to retirement benefits, P’s pensionable employment under the existing scheme terminates when P’s pensionable service under this scheme terminates.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 31 substituted (1.4.2015) by The Teachers Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2652), regs. 1, 37(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 31(1) inserted (1.4.2015) by The Teachers Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/592), regs. 1, 5(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 31(1) substituted (1.4.2015) by The Teachers Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/592), regs. 1, 5(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 31(2) substituted (1.4.2015) by The Teachers Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/592), regs. 1, 5(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 31(3) substituted (1.4.2015) by The Teachers Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2652), regs. 1, 37(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 31(3) substituted (1.4.2022) by The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/320), regs. 1(2), 2(8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 31(4) inserted (1.4.2015) by The Teachers Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/592), regs. 1, 5(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/512/schedule/3/paragraph/31",
    "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."
}