The Carer's Leave (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2024

Teachers’ Pension Scheme Regulations 2014

6.—(1) The Teachers’ Pension Scheme Regulations 2014(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3 (interpretation)—

(a) at the appropriate place insert—

““carer’s leave” means leave under section 80J of the Employment Rights Act 1996;”;

(b) in the definition of “non-pensionable family leave”—

(i) after “parental bereavement leave” substitute “or” for “,”;

(ii) after “paternity leave” insert “carer’s leave”.

(3) In regulation 23 (service not pensionable unless member is entitled to pay) in sub-paragraph (1)(b)—

(a) after “parental bereavement leave” for “or” substitute “,”;

(b) after paternity leave insert “or carer’s leave”.

(4) In regulation 33 (interpretation), in sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of “notional pensionable earnings”—

(a) after “parental bereavement leave” for “or” substitute “,”;

(b) after “paternity leave” insert “or carer’s leave”.

(5) In regulation 34 (pensionable earnings for school teachers), in sub-paragraph (2)(c) after “sick leave,” insert “carer’s leave,”.

(6) In regulation 39 (pensionable earnings for the purpose of accruing benefits), in sub-paragraph (a) after “sick leave,” insert “carer’s leave,”.

(7) In regulation 189 (entitlement to repayment of balance of contributions), after paragraph (3) insert a new paragraph (3A)—

“(3A) For the purposes of this regulation, P is in pensionable service while P is absent on carer’s leave if P is entitled to return from leave by virtue of Part 8B of the Employment Rights Act 1996.”.

(8) In regulation 219 (employment records), in sub-paragraph (2)(f) after “sick leave,” insert “carer’s leave,”.

(1)

S.I. 2014/512; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2014/2652, S.I. 2014/3255, S.I. 2020/354.