Interpretation of Chapter 2 N.I.
61.—(1) In this Chapter—
“alternative scheme”, in relation to a remedy member means, where the member’s eligibility for ill-health retirement benefits was assessed under—
the member’s legacy scheme, the reformed scheme;
the reformed scheme, the member’s legacy scheme;
“ill-health retirement benefits”—
in relation to the legacy scheme, has the meaning given in Part E of the 1998 Regulations;
in relation to the reformed scheme, has the meaning given in regulation 3 of the 2014 Regulations;
“ill-health retirement criteria” means the criteria contained in a teachers’ pension scheme by which it is determined whether a person is eligible for ill-health retirement benefits under that scheme;
(2) For the purposes of this Chapter, an application for ill-health retirement benefits is “finally determined” in relation to a teacher pension scheme when—
(a)it has been determined that the member in respect of whom the application is made meets the ill-health retirement criteria of that scheme, or
(b)it has been determined that the member does not meet the ill-health retirement criteria of that scheme, and any route for disputing that determination has been exhausted (including where any deadline for initiating a dispute has passed and no dispute has been initiated).
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 61 in operation at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1