# The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Remediable Service) Regulations 2023, Paragraph 1: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

In this Schedule—
“beneficiary” means a person who has become entitled to receive any death benefit;
“child”, except in the term “eligible child”, means a person under the age of 18;
“death benefit” means a benefit payable under a teacher pension scheme following the death of a member of that scheme;
“election” means an opted-out service election, an immediate choice election or a deferred choice election decision;
“eligible decision-maker” means the person who may make—
(a) an opted-out service election in accordance with regulation 6(2)(b);
(b) an immediate choice decision in accordance with regulation 8(2)(b);
(c) a deferred choice decision in accordance with regulation 12(2)(b).
(2) In this Schedule, a reference to—
(a) a beneficiary is a reference to a beneficiary of death benefits in relation to M’s remediable teacher service;
(b) an eligible child is a reference to an eligible child of M;
(c) M is a reference to the deceased remedy member in respect of whose remediable teacher service an election may be made;
(d) a surviving adult is a reference to a surviving adult in relation to M.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/871/schedule/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-remediable-service-regulations-2023/schedule/paragraph-1
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