# The Teachers' Pensions Regulations 1997, Paragraph 2


(1) A person who, with a view to making an allocation, gives the Secretary of State at least 4 months' notice of his intended retirement is referred to in this Schedule as a “retiring employee”.
(2) For the purposes of this Schedule a person’s relevant birthday is—
(a) where retirement benefits become payable by virtue of regulation E4(5) (redundancy, etc.), his 50th, and
(b) in any other case, his 60th.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3001/schedule/11/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pensions-regulations-1997/schedule-11/paragraph-2
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