{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-superannuation-consolidation-regulations-1988/regulation-C12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-superannuation-consolidation-regulations-1988/regulation-C12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1652",
  "legislation_title": "The Teachers' Superannuation (Consolidation) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-superannuation-consolidation-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/C12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "C12",
  "heading": "Repayment of certain contributions paid for family benefits",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where a member who has made no election under paragraph 3 of Schedule 6—\n(a) becomes entitled under regulation C10 to the repayment of the balance of his contributions, or\n(b) becomes entitled to have a transfer value paid under regulation F1, unless by giving written notice to the Secretary of State he elects that this regulation is not to apply, or\n(c) becomes entitled to payment of retirement benefits, unless on his death family benefits would become payable.\n(2) Subject to regulation C13, where paragraph (1) applies the member is entitled to be repaid an amount calculated in accordance with paragraphs (3) to (5).\n(3) Where no family benefit would have been payable if the member had died before 1st April 1972, the amount includes the whole of his normal contributions and any additional contributions.\n(4) Where paragraph (3) does not apply, the amount includes—\n(a) half the normal contributions paid in respect of any period during which family benefits would have been payable in the event of his death, and\n(b) the whole of the normal contributions paid in respect of any other period, and\n(c) the whole of any additional contributions.\n(5) The remainder of the amount consists of interest at 3 per cent per annum, compounded with yearly rests, from the first day of the financial year following that in which the contributions were paid to—\n(a) the date of the calculation, or\n(b) the member’s 70th birthday, or\n(c) the date of his death,\nwhichever is the earliest.\n(6) There is to be deducted from the amount the tax chargeable on it under section 598 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988.\n(7) Subject to regulation C13, where a member who has made no election under paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 dies and he was entitled under regulation C10 to be repaid the balance of his contributions or—\n(a) a death grant is payable under regulation E19, and\n(b) no family benefit other than a children’s pension is payable,\nhis personal representatives are entitled to be paid an amount calculated in accordance with paragraphs (3) to (5) but with the interest component calculated to the date of his death.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/114",
      "affecting_title": "The Teachers' Superannuation (Amendment) Regulations 1993"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/312",
      "affecting_title": "The Teachers' Superannuation (Amendment) Regulations 1997"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/1058",
      "affecting_title": "The Teachers Superannuation (Amendment) Regulations 1994"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1652/regulation/C12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:57:41.170457+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."
}