# The Teachers’ Superannuation (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014, Regulation 12: Substitution of regulation E21

Extent: S

For regulation E21, substitute—
“Short-service serious ill-health grant
E21. (1) This regulation applies to a teacher if—
(a) he or she was in pensionable employment for at least 12 months;
(b) he or she is not qualified for retirement benefits or qualified for retirement benefits following further employment;
(c) he or she ceases to be in pensionable employment because he or she satisfies the incapacity condition;
(d) his or her application under regulation E36 (payment of benefits) is made within 12 months after the date on which his or her pensionable employment ceases; and
(e) he or she has a life expectancy of less than a year.
(2) A short-service serious ill-health grant is payable to a teacher to whom this regulation applies.
(3) But no grant may be paid to a teacher who is 75 or over.
(4) The amount of the grant is the teacher’s pensionable salary/12 x the teacher’s reckonable service (in years and fractions of a year).
(5) For the purposes of this regulation, a teacher satisfies the incapacity condition if the teacher is incapacitated and is likely to be incapacitated permanently.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/69/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-superannuation-scotland-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2014/regulation-12
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