# The Teachers’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Regulations 2023, Paragraph 1: Interpretation

Extent: S

(1) In this schedule—
“beneficiary” means a person who has become entitled to receive any death benefit,
“child”, except in the term “eligible child”, means a person under the age of 18,
“death benefit” means a benefit payable under a teacher pension scheme following the death of a member of that scheme,
“election” means an opted-out service election, an immediate choice decision or a deferred choice decision,
“eligible decision-maker” means the person who may make—
(a)an opted-out service election as mentioned in regulation 6(2)(b),
(b)an immediate choice decision as mentioned in regulation 8(2)(b),
(c)a deferred choice decision as mentioned in regulation 12(2)(b).
(2) In this schedule, a reference to—
(a) a beneficiary is a reference to a beneficiary of death benefits in relation to M’s remediable teacher service,
(b) an eligible child is a reference to an eligible child of M,
(c) M is a reference to the deceased remedy member in respect of whose remediable teacher service an election may be made,
(d) a surviving adult is a reference to a surviving adult in relation to M.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2023/241/schedule/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pensions-remediable-service-scotland-regulations-2023/schedule/paragraph-1
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