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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-116",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-116.json",
  "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/116",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "116",
  "heading": "Entitlement to total incapacity pension",
  "text": "(1) A total incapacity pension is payable to a person (P) from the entitlement day if—\n(a) P is entitled to an ill-health pension because the Department is satisfied that P meets the incapacity condition;\n(b) P has applied under regulation 162 for payment of an ill-health pension and a total incapacity pension; and\n(c) the Department is satisfied after consideration of a medical report that P meets the total incapacity condition.\n(2) For a person in stepped down employment, the Department must be satisfied that P's total incapacity is wholly or partly related to the ill-health which led to the change in the terms of employment.\n(3) A total incapacity pension is not payable to P if—\n(a) P left an eligible employment for a reason other than because P was incapacitated; or\n(b) P made the ill-health application—\n(i) after leaving all eligible employment; and\n(ii) more than 2 years after the last day of pensionable service.\n(4) Except as provided in regulation 118, the total incapacity 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/116",
    "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."
}