The Teachers' Superannuation (Amendment) Regulations 1996

Transitional provisions

26.—(1) Where for the purposes of regulation E29 the material part of a person’s average salary service comprises a period before 1st October 1996, regulation C1 of the principal Regulations shall apply for the purposes of determining the contributable salary for that period without the amendments made by regulation 4(a) above.

(2) The amendment to regulation C1(7)(a) of the principal Regulations made by regulation 4(b) above shall not apply in relation to any election made before 1st October 1996.

(3) (a) The amendments to regulations C16(1)(b), D3(1)(b) and D3(2) of the principal Regulations made by regulations 9, 10(a)(ii) and 10(c) above and the amendment to paragraph 1A of Schedule 7 to the principal Regulations made by regulation 23(d) above shall not apply in relation to a person who has elected to pay additional contributions in accordance with Part III of Schedule 4 (“Method C”) before 1st October 1996; and

(b) Part III of Schedule 4 and paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to the principal Regulations shall (notwithstanding regulations 20(e) and 23(h) above) continue to apply in relation to such persons.

(4) Notwithstanding the amendments to regulations E19(7) and E20(6) of the principal Regulations made by regulation 13 above, where before 1st October 1996 the deceased had nominated a person other than an individual the death grant or supplementary death grant shall be paid under regulations E19(7) or E20(6) to the person nominated.

(5) The amendments to regulations E23 and E24 of the principal Regulations made by regulations 14 and 15 above respectively shall not apply in relation to benefits payable in respect of a person who died before 1st October 1996.

(6) Any person who —

(a) before 1st September 1996 was in pensionable employment as an organiser employed by the Sports Council; and

(b) on or after 1st September 1996 became employed as an organiser by the English Sports Council,

shall be treated as having elected under regulation B1(2) of the principal Regulations that his employment with the English Sports Council should be pensionable.