{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-scotland-no-2-regulations-2014/regulation-136",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-scotland-no-2-regulations-2014/regulation-136.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2014/292",
  "legislation_title": "The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) ( No. 2) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-scotland-no-2-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/136",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "136",
  "heading": "Death in service grant",
  "text": "(1) A death grant may be payable under this regulation if a member (D) dies in service (“death in service grant”).\n(2) A death in service grant is not payable if—\n(a) D dies while in pensionable service that is not post-benefit service and a retirement pension other than a phased retirement pension becomes payable before D’s death; or\n(b) D dies while in a period of post-benefit service and a retirement pension in respect of that period becomes payable before D’s death.\n(3) If D dies while in pensionable service that is not post-benefit service, the amount of the death in service grant is found by—\n(a) multiplying D’s annual rate of pensionable earnings as at the date of D’s death by 3; and\n(b) deducting the following amounts previously paid to D in respect of pensionable service under this scheme—\n(i) any part of a lump sum under regulation 162;\n(ii) any short-service serious ill-health grant.\n(4) If D dies while in a period of post-benefit service, the amount of the death in service grant is found by—\n(a) multiplying D’s annual rate of pensionable earnings as at the date of D’s death by 3; and\n(b) deducting the following amounts previously payable to D under this scheme in respect of both the period of post-benefit service and any previous period of pensionable service—\n(i) any lump sum under regulation 162 not attributable to additional pension;\n(ii) any short-service serious ill-health grant.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 136(1) substituted (with effect from 1.4.2015) by The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/454), regs. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 136 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/292/regulation/136",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:33:09.984508+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}