# The Teachers' Pensions Regulations 2010, Regulation 55: Retirement benefits qualification service


(1) The retirement benefits qualification service of a person (T) is the total of the following—
(a) any period spent by T in pensionable employment;
(b) any period counting as reckonable service under regulation 41(1)(c),(d),(e) or (f) (reckonable service);
(c) any period of employment in respect of which the Secretary of State has accepted a transfer value;
(d) any period of comparable British service prior to 1st January 2007, or comparable United Kingdom service up to and including 31st March 2015;
(e) any period of admitted service;
(f) any period of specified country service;
(g) any period of employment which ended on or before 31st March 1975 which is pensionable for the purposes of the Universities Superannuation Scheme ;
(h) where T was given, but did not take, the opportunity to transfer T's past service pension rights under regulation 36A, any period of employment which would have counted as T's retirement benefits qualification service under sub-paragraph (c) if the transfer value in respect of such rights had been accepted by the Secretary of State.
(2) But T's retirement benefits qualification service does not include—
(a) any contributions refund period;
(b) any period in respect of which a transfer value has been paid;
(c) any period in respect of which a cash equivalent has been paid.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/990/regulation/55 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pensions-regulations-2010/regulation-55
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