The Teachers’ Pensions (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012

Amendments to the Teachers’ Pensions Regulations 2010

3.  In regulation 6 (pensionable employment: general)—

(a) after paragraph (1), insert—

“(1A) In this regulation—

(a) paragraphs (2) and (3) apply to a person’s employment before the automatic enrolment date in relation to that person in respect of that employment; and

(b) paragraphs (2A) and (3A) apply to a person’s employment on or after the automatic enrolment date in relation to that person in respect of that employment.”;

(b) after paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A) A person’s employment in a capacity mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule 2 is pensionable employment if either—

(a) an election made under regulation 10 (election for employment to be pensionable) has effect before the automatic enrolment date; or

(b) the employer enrols the person into the Scheme in relation to that employment, and no election under regulation 9 (election for employment not to be pensionable) has effect.”;

(c) after paragraph (3) insert—

“(3A) A person’s employment in a capacity mentioned in Part 3 of Schedule 2 is pensionable employment if either—

(a) an election made under regulation 10 (election for employment to be pensionable) has effect before the automatic enrolment date; or

(b) the employer enrols the person into the Scheme in relation to that employment, and no election under regulation 9 (election for employment not to be pensionable) has effect.”.