The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Statutory Instruments

2014 No. 2652

Public Service Pensions, England And Wales

Education, England And Wales

The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Made

29th September 2014

Laid before Parliament

3rd October 2014

Coming into force

1st April 2015

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1)(1), (2)(d)(2), (3) and (4), 2(3), 3(1), (2), (3)(a) and (c) and (4), 4(1) and (3)(4), 5(1)(5), 7(1), 8(1)(a) and (2)(a)(6), 11(1)(a) and (2), 12(1), (2), (3), (6) and (7)(7), 18(1), (2), (4)(b) and (5) to (9)(8) and paragraph (c) of the definition of “employer” in section 37, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 1, paragraph 4(a) of Schedule 2, Schedule 3, paragraph 18 of Schedule 5 and paragraphs 1(2)(ii), 2(2)(ii) and 5 of Schedule 7 to the Public Service Pensions Act 2013(9).

In accordance with section 21 of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted the representatives of such persons as appear to the Secretary of State likely to be affected by these Regulations.

In accordance with section 3(5) of that Act, these Regulations are made with the consent of the Treasury.

(1)

See section 1(4) of the Act for the meaning of “scheme regulations”.

(2)

See paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Act for the meaning of “teachers”.

(3)

See section 2(2) of the Act for the meaning of “responsible authority”.

(4)

See section 4(2) of the Act for the meaning of “scheme manager”. See section 4(6) of the Act for the meaning of a connected statutory pension scheme.

(5)

See section 5(8) of the Act for the meaning of “pension board”.

(6)

See section 8(4) of the Act for the meaning of “career average revalued earnings scheme”.

(7)

Sections 11 and 12 come into force on 1st April 2015 for all relevant purposes, or, as the case may be, all remaining relevant purposes (S.I. 2014/1912).

(8)

See section 18(2) of, and paragraph 18 of Schedule 5 to, the Act for the meaning of the existing scheme.