The Teachers (Compensation for Premature Retirement and Redundancy) (Scotland) Regulations 1996

2.  For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule–

(a) the rate of earnings at the commencement of the period of new employment shall be deemed to remain constant throughout the period of employment, provided that where there is a change of grade, or any other change in the conditions or terms of the employment which in the opinion of the employing authority constitutes a variation in the employment, the rate of earnings shall be taken to be that payable on the commencement of such change; and

(b) the salary of reference of a designated teacher shall be the highest salary rate received during the last three years of pensionable employment or comparable British service, whether continuous or not, before his annual compensation became payable to him, provided that–

(i) if during that period the designated teacher has paid superannuation contributions on a previous higher salary under previous provisions and that salary is more favourable, it shall be the salary of reference;

(ii) the salary of reference shall be reduced by the amount of any part of the annual pension which the designated teacher has allocated under regulation E12 of the Superannuation Regulations or previous provisions or under any corresponding provisions applicable to teachers in comparable British service and by the amount of any part of the annual compensation which he has allocated under regulation 6;

(iii) the salary of reference so reduced by the amount (if any) specified in head (ii) above shall be increased by the amount (if any) which would have been due to the designated teacher under Part I of the 1971 Act if the salary of reference before being so reduced had been an annual pension coming into payment on the date following his last day of reckonable or comparable British service; and

(c) “annual pension” includes any annual pension that would be payable to a designated teacher but for any transfer of benefits to another pension scheme.