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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-superannuation-scotland-amendment-no-2-regulations-2011/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2011/52",
  "legislation_title": "The Teachers’ Superannuation (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-superannuation-scotland-amendment-no-2-regulations-2011",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Teachers’ Superannuation (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (“the principal Regulations”).\nRegulation 3 amends regulation E6A in relation to the re-valuation of additional pension where a member elects to take the additional pension at the same time as a phased retirement pension. The amendment makes provision for additional pension purchased before 1st April 2011 to continue to be re-valued by the Retail Prices Index and for additional pension purchased on or after 1st April 2011 to be re-valued in line with the rate set under the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971.\nRegulation 4 amends regulation E7A in relation to the re-valuation of additional pension. The amendment makes provision for additional pension purchased before 1st April 2011 to continue to be re-valued by the Retail Prices Index and for additional pension purchased on or after 1st April 2011 to be re-valued in line with the rate set under the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971.\nRegulation 5 inserts a new definition in to Schedule 1 for “the Prices Index”.\nRegulation 6 amends Schedule 2A to provide for the maximum amount of additional pension that can be purchased to be up-rated in line with the rate set under the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 from 1st April 2011.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/52/note",
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  "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."
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