# The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Remediable Service) Regulations 2023, Regulation 61: Interpretation of Chapter 1

Extent: E+W

(1) In this Chapter—
“alternative scheme”, in relation to a remedy member means, where the member’s eligibility for ill-health retirement benefits was assessed under—
(a) the member’s legacy scheme, the reformed scheme;
(b) the reformed scheme, the member’s legacy scheme;
“ill-health retirement benefits”—
(a) in relation to the legacy scheme, has the meaning given in Schedule 1 to the 2010 Regulations;
(b) in relation to the reformed scheme, has the meaning given in regulation 3 of the 2014 Regulations;
“ill-health retirement criteria” means the criteria contained in a teacher pension scheme by which it is determined whether a person is eligible for ill-health retirement benefits under that scheme.
(2) For the purposes of this Chapter, an application for ill-health retirement benefits is “finally determined” in relation to a teacher pension scheme when—
(a) it has been determined that the member in respect of whom the application is made meets the ill-health retirement criteria of that scheme, or
(b) it has been determined that the member does not meet the ill-health retirement criteria of that scheme, and any route for disputing that determination has been exhausted (including where any deadline for initiating a dispute has passed and no dispute has been initiated).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/871/regulation/61 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-remediable-service-regulations-2023/regulation-61
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