{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-scotland-no-2-regulations-2014/regulation-86",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-scotland-no-2-regulations-2014/regulation-86.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/86",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "86",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Chapter",
  "text": "(1) In this Chapter—\n“average annual rate”, in relation to pensionable earnings in a 6 month period, means the amount of pensionable earnings in that period multiplied by 2;\n“increased annual rate”, in relation to pensionable earnings, has the meaning given in regulation 94;\n“new employment” has the meaning given in regulation 88(2);\n“new employment condition” has the meaning given in regulation 88;\n“pensionable earnings”, for a person not in an eligible employment, means the amount which would be the person’s pensionable earnings if the employment were eligible employment;\n“phased retirement application” means an application under regulation 159 for payment of a phased retirement pension;\n“previous employment” has the meaning given in regulation 88(2);\n“reduced annual rate”, in relation to pensionable earnings, means the annual rate of a person’s pensionable earnings following the reduction referred to in regulation 87;\n“reduced annual rate condition” has the meaning given in regulation 87.\n(2) When calculating the reduced annual rate or increased annual rate of a person’s pensionable earnings, any standard increase which takes effect on or after the entitlement day must be ignored.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 86 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the meaning of “standard increase” in Chapter 4 of Part 3."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/292/regulation/86",
    "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."
}