# The Teachers' Pensions Regulations 2010, Paragraph 3


“Non-qualifying service” means—
(a) where the qualifying person (P) is —
(i) a man with a spouse or civil partner,
(ii) a woman with a female civil partner or a female spouse or (in the case of a woman who died on or after 5th December 2005) a male civil partner or a male spouse, or
(iii) a person who has nominated a person under regulation 91 (nomination of surviving nominated beneficiary),
reckonable service which ended before 1st April 1972;
(b) where P is a woman (with a male spouse) who died before 5th December 2005, reckonable service which ended before 6th April 1988, and
(c) where P is living with a person who fulfils the condition in regulation 90(2) (conditions for becoming surviving qualifying partner), reckonable service which ended before 1st January 2007,
but, where P would have been a member (as defined in paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 to TPR 1997) if Schedule 6 to the TPR 1997 had been in force at the date of the election, P’s non-qualifying service cannot exceed the maximum period in respect of which P could have made an election under Part 1 of that Schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/990/schedule/5/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pensions-regulations-2010/schedule-5/paragraph-3
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