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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-104",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2014/310",
  "legislation_title": "The Teachers' Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "regulation/104",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "104",
  "heading": "Entitlement to early retirement pension",
  "text": "(1) A person (P) is entitled to payment of an early retirement pension from the entitlement day if—\n(a) P has reached normal minimum pension age but has not reached normal pension age;\n(b) P is qualified or re-qualified for retirement benefits;\n(c) P has left all eligible employment;\n(d) P has applied under regulation 162 for the payment of an early retirement pension; and\n(e) P has not applied under that regulation for payment of any other retirement pension.\n(2) P is not entitled to payment of an early retirement pension in respect of any pensionable service after P reaches normal pension age.\n(3) An early retirement pension is payable for life.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/310/regulation/104",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:04:41.805929+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."
}