Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “PSPJOA 2022” means the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022;

• “the 2010 Regulations” means the Teachers’ Pensions Regulations 2010^f1;

• “the 2014 Regulations” means the Teachers’ Pension Scheme Regulations 2014^f2;

• “the PSP Directions 2022” means the Public Service Pensions (Exercise of Powers, Compensation and Information) Directions 2022^f3;

• “deferred choice decision” has the meaning given in regulation 12(1);

• “deferred choice decision-maker” means the person who may make a deferred choice decision under regulation 12(2);

• “deferred choice member” means a member with remediable teacher service who, immediately before 1st October 2023, was—

  1. (a)

     an active or deferred member^f4 in relation to that service, and

  2. (b)

     is not a pensioner member^f5 in relation to that service;

• “end of the section 10 election period”, in relation to a deferred choice member, means the end of the day determined in accordance with—

  1. (a)

     where the member is the deferred choice decision-maker, regulation 13(2)(b);

  2. (b)

     where a person other than the member is the deferred choice decision-maker, regulation 14(2)(b);

• “immediate choice decision” has the meaning given in regulation 8(1);

• “immediate choice decision-maker” means the person who may make an immediate choice decision under regulation 8(2);

• “immediate choice member” means a member with remediable teacher service who, immediately before 1st October 2023, was—

  1. (a)

     a pensioner member in relation to that service, or

  2. (b)

     a deceased member;

  the “legacy scheme”, in relation to a remedy member’s remediable teacher service, means the relevant Chapter 1 legacy scheme^f6 for that service under the 2010 Regulations, and “legacy scheme benefits” means benefits under that scheme;

• “member” means an active, deferred, deceased or pensioner, but not a pension credit, member of a teacher pension scheme;

• “opted-out service election” has the meaning given in regulation 6(1);

• the “reformed scheme” means the pension scheme established by the 2014 Regulations, and “reformed scheme benefits” means new scheme benefits^f7 under the reformed scheme;

• “remediable teacher service”, in relation to a remedy member, means the member’s remediable service^f8 in an employment or office that is pensionable service^f9 under a teacher pension scheme;

• “remedy member” means a deferred choice member or an immediate choice member;

• “section 6 election” has the meaning given in regulation 8(1)(a);

• “section 10 election” has the meaning given in regulation 12(1)(a);

• “surviving adult” means—

  1. (a)

     surviving spouse;

  2. (b)

     surviving civil partner;

  3. (c)

     surviving qualifying partner;

• “teacher pension scheme” means the legacy scheme or the reformed scheme.

For the purposes of these Regulations, a reference in PSPJOA 2022 to section 2(1) of that Act coming into force is to be understood as a reference to that section coming into force in relation to members of a teacher pension scheme.

A term used in these Regulations which—

has the meaning given in, or for the purposes of, that provision.

A term used in these Regulations which—

has, in relation to the scheme established by the relevant Regulations, the meaning given in those Regulations.

In these Regulations, a reference to a provision of the PSP Directions 2022 is a reference to that provision as amended from time to time.