{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-2014/schedule-3/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-2014/schedule-3/paragraph-5.json",
  "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/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Continuity of service",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies in relation to a transition member (P) who was a member of the existing scheme or an existing public service scheme before becoming an active member of this scheme.\n(2) For the purpose of this Schedule, P has continuity of service unless P has a gap in service exceeding 5 years which—\n(a) begins on or before the closing date; and\n(b) ends on the day on which P becomes an active member of this scheme.\n(3) In this paragraph, “closing date” means—\n(za) if P is a full protection member of the existing scheme, 31st March 2022;\n(a) if P is a tapered protection member of the existing scheme, P's tapered protection closing date; or\n(b) otherwise, the scheme closing date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 5(3)(za) inserted (1.4.2022) by The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/320), regs. 1(2), 2(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/512/schedule/3/paragraph/5",
    "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."
}