# The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, Regulation 4: Amendment of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2014


In Part 2 of schedule 1—
(a) in paragraph 6, for “teacher” substitute “lecturer”,
(b) after paragraph 15 insert—
“15A. Employment as a music instructor, educational psychologist, senior educational psychologist, depute principal educational psychologist, principal educational psychologist, education support officer, quality improvement officer or quality improvement manager in a public school or by an education authority.
15B. Employment as a researcher engaged in research in education at a college of further education, or institution providing higher education, as defined in the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992, where the employee’s employment immediately before commencing that employment as a researcher was reckonable service under an enactment relating to pensions for teachers in Scotland, England, Wales or Northern Ireland.
15C. Employment for a temporary period not exceeding four years in a post connected to education, the control or supervision of teachers or lecturers, or services ancillary to education, where the employee’s employment immediately before commencing that employment was reckonable service under an enactment relating to pensions for teachers in Scotland.
15D. Employment by an education authority, college of further education or institution providing higher education, as defined in the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992, in a post connected to the control or supervision of teachers or lecturers, where the employee’s employment immediately before commencing that employment was reckonable service under an enactment relating to pensions for teachers in Scotland, England, Wales or Northern Ireland.”,
(c) in paragraph 16(1)—
(i) in head (b), omit “; or”,
(ii) in head (c), at the end insert—
“; or
(d) the teacher is employed by any other body constituted under an Act relating to education and which the Scottish Ministers agree to treat as an employing authority for the purposes of this part of the scheme”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/152/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-scotland-amendment-regulations-2025/regulation-4
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