PART 3Decisions about the treatment of remediable service

CHAPTER 2Immediate choice decision for reformed scheme or legacy scheme benefits

Immediate choice decision: deemed section 6 election I110

1

Where—

a

the end of the section 6 election period in relation to M has passed,

b

no immediate choice decision has been made, and

c

it appears to the scheme manager that the monetary value of the remediable benefits would be higher if they were treated as benefits in the reformed scheme compared with if they were treated as benefits in the legacy scheme,

the scheme manager may treat a section 6 election as having been made in relation to M’s remediable teacher service immediately before the end of the section 6 election period.

2

In this regulation—

  • monetary value of the remediable benefits” means the amount that would be crystallised in relation to the remediable benefits immediately before they became payable in accordance with section 216 of the Finance Act 200414 as it had effect immediately before 1st October 2023;

  • remediable benefits” means rights to benefits secured by virtue of M’s remediable teacher service.