The Teachers’ Pensions Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017

Statutory Instruments

2017 No. 1084

Public Service Pensions, England And Wales

Education, England And Wales

The Teachers’ Pensions Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017

Made

7th November 2017

Laid before Parliament

9th November 2017

Coming into force

30th November 2017

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 9 and 12 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Superannuation Act 1972 (‘the 1972 Act’)(1) and sections 1(1)(2), (2)(d)(3), and (4), 2(4), 3(1), (2), (3)(a) and (c), 8(1)(a) and (2)(a) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 1, paragraph 4(a) of Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 to, the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (‘the 2013 Act’)(5).

The Secretary of State has consulted the persons referred to in section 9(5) of the 1972 Act and in accordance with section 21 of the 2013 Act the Secretary of State has consulted the representatives of such persons as appear to the Secretary of State likely to be affected by these Regulations.

In accordance with section 9(1) of the 1972 Act(6) and section 3(5) of the 2013 Act, these Regulations are made with the consent of the Treasury.

(1)

1972 c.11. Section 9 was amended by sections 4, 8 and 11 of the Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990 (c.7); paragraph 7 of Schedule 8 to the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c.48); article 107 of S.I. 2001/3649; and article 5 of, and paragraph 27 of Schedule 2 to, S.I. 2010/1158. Section 12 was amended by section 10 of the Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990.

(2)

See section 1(4) of the 2013 Act for the meaning of “scheme regulations”.

(3)

See paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the 2013 Act for the meaning of “teachers”.

(4)

See section 2(2) of the 2013 Act for the meaning of “responsible authority”.

(5)

2013 c.25.

(6)

See S.I. 1981/670 which transferred the consent function in section 9(1) of the 1972 Act from the Minister for the Civil Service to the Treasury.