{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pensions-regulations-1997/regulation-E25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pensions-regulations-1997/regulation-E25.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/3001",
  "legislation_title": "The Teachers' Pensions Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pensions-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/E25",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "E25",
  "heading": "Amount and duration of short-term family benefits",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (4), the annual rate of a short-term pension under regulation E24—\n(a) if regulation E24(1)(a) or (c) applies, is the annual rate of the deceased’s contributable salary on his last day in pensionable employment, disregarding any reduction by reason of sick leave or maternity leave,\n(b) if regulation E24(1)(b) applies, is the annual rate, at the time of the deceased’s death, of the notional salary described in regulation C9(7) or, as the case may be, C10(4),\n(c) if regulation E24(1)(d) applies, is the annual rate, at the time of the deceased’s death, of his retirement pension, and\n(d) if regulation E24(1)(a) and (d) both apply, is the total of the rates specified in sub-paragraphs (a) and (c) above.\n(2) If—\n(a) the short-term pension is payable to a surviving spouse, and\n(b) the annual rate calculated in accordance with paragraph (1) is less than that of a long-term pension to which the surviving spouse is prospectively entitled under regulation E26,\nthe annual rate of the short-term pension is the same as that of the long-term pension.\n(3) The duration of the short-term pension payable shall be ascertained from the table below and in that table “adult pension” means a short-term pension payable to the spouse or nominated beneficiary.\nTABLE\nCategory\nPerson falling within regulation E24(2)\nDuration of pension (months)\n1\nSpouse or nominated beneficiary\n3\n2\nOne child or more where an adult pension is payable\n3\n3\nWhere no adult pension is payable\n6\n(4) Where regulation E5(3) applies the annual rate of the short-term pension shall be the annual rate calculated in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) multiplied by the appropriate factor.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/665",
      "affecting_title": "The Teachers' Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/3028",
      "affecting_title": "The Teachers' Pensions (Sharing of Pensions on Divorce or Annulment) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/541",
      "affecting_title": "The Teachers’ Pensions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/541",
      "affecting_title": "The Teachers’ Pensions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3001/regulation/E25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:40:26.186253+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."
}