{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-superannuation-consolidation-regulations-1988/regulation-E24",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1652",
  "legislation_title": "The Teachers' Superannuation (Consolidation) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-superannuation-consolidation-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/E24",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "E24",
  "heading": "Amount and duration of short-term family benefits",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the annual rate of a short-term pension under regulation E23—\n(a) if regulation E23(1)(a) or (c) applies, is the annual rate of the deceased’s contributable salary on his last day in pensionable employment, disregarding any reduction by reason of sick leave or maternity leave,\n(b) if regulation E23(1)(b) applies, is the annual rate, at the time of his death, of the notional salary described in regulation C8(7),\n(c) if regulation E23(1)(d) applies, is the annual rate, at the time of his death, of his retirement pension, and\n(d) if regulation E23(1)(a) and (d) both apply, is the total of the rates specified in sub-paragraphs (a) and (c) above.\n(2) If—\n(a) the short-term pension is payable to a surviving spouse, and\n(b) the annual rate calculated in accordance with paragraph (1) is less than that of a long-term pension to which the surviving spouse is prospectively entitled under regulation E25,\nthe annual rate of the short-term pension is the same as that of the long-term pension.\n(3) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), a short-term pension is to be paid for 3 months.\n(4) If—\n(a) either—\n(i) no long-term pension is payable under regulation E25, or\n(ii) less than 2 years' service counts in the calculation of a pension payable under that regulation, and\n(b) the deceased is survived by a child or children of his, and\n(c) the short-term pension is payable to a surviving spouse, or to a nominated beneficiary who has the care of the child or children,\nthe short-term pension is to be paid for 4½ months if there is one child and for 6 months if there are 2 or more children.\n(5) If the short-term pension is payable to or for the benefit of one child, it is to be paid for 2 months; if it is payable to or for the benefit of 2 or more children, it is to be paid for 4 months.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1989/378",
      "affecting_title": "The Teachers' Superannuation (Amendment) Regulations 1989"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/114",
      "affecting_title": "The Teachers' Superannuation (Amendment) Regulations 1993"
    },
    {
      "type": "replaced (by paras (3)(4))",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/114",
      "affecting_title": "The Teachers' Superannuation (Amendment) Regulations 1993"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/2269",
      "affecting_title": "The Teachers' Superannuation (Amendment) Regulations 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/2269",
      "affecting_title": "The Teachers' Superannuation (Amendment) Regulations 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/312",
      "affecting_title": "The Teachers' Superannuation (Amendment) Regulations 1997"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/312",
      "affecting_title": "The Teachers' Superannuation (Amendment) Regulations 1997"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev.in pt.",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/312",
      "affecting_title": "The Teachers' Superannuation (Amendment) Regulations 1997"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/312",
      "affecting_title": "The Teachers' Superannuation (Amendment) Regulations 1997"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1652/regulation/E24",
    "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."
}