# The Teachers' Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014, Regulation 171: Commutation of whole pension (serious ill-health)


(1) This regulation applies to a member (P) who, on the entitlement day for a pension, has a life expectancy of less than a year.
(2) P may apply to the Department to receive a lump sum instead of the pension.
(3) The application must—
(a) be in writing,
(b) be made when P applies under regulation 162 for payment of the pension, and
(c) be accompanied by all the medical evidence necessary for the Department to determine that P is entitled to payment of the lump sum.
(4) If P is eligible to apply under regulation 168 to receive a lump sum under that regulation—
(a) the largest permissible lump sum is to be paid under that regulation; and
(b) the commutation amount under that regulation is to be deducted when calculating the annual rate under regulation 172(2)(a).
(5) In this regulation, “pension” means—
(a) an age retirement pension and any phased retirement pension payable with it;
(b) an ill-health pension and a total incapacity pension or phased retirement pension payable with it; or
(c) a pension credit retirement pension.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/310/regulation/171 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-171
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