The Teachers' Superannuation (Scotland) Regulations 2005

Allocation of part of retirement pension

E14.—(1) A teacher who has become qualified for retirement benefits may, unless he or she becomes entitled to payment of them by virtue of regulation E6(1)(c), allocate part of his or her retirement pension to the provision of an alternative benefit.

(2) The alternative benefit may be either–

(a) an annuity for life, commencing on the death of the teacher making the allocation (“the allocator”), for a surviving spouse or dependant; or

(b) an annuity payable to the allocator while the allocator and a spouse are both alive, and if the spouse is the survivor a subsequent annuity for life, at twice the rate of the first annuity, for the spouse.

(3) The rates of the annuities mentioned in paragraph (2) are to be determined in accordance with tables prepared by the Government Actuary.

(4) An allocation is to be made by delivering a declaration to the Scottish Ministers, and in paragraph (2) “spouse” refers to status at the time of its delivery.

(5) Further provisions as to allocations under this regulation are contained in Schedule 11.