The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Remediable Service) Regulations 2023

Interpretation

1.  In this Schedule—

“beneficiary” means a person who has become entitled to receive any death benefit;

“child”, except in the term “eligible child”, means a person under the age of 18;

“death benefit” means a benefit payable under a teacher pension scheme following the death of a member of that scheme;

“election” means an opted-out service election, an immediate choice election or a deferred choice election decision;

“eligible decision-maker” means the person who may make—

(a)

an opted-out service election in accordance with regulation 6(2)(b);

(b)

an immediate choice decision in accordance with regulation 8(2)(b);

(c)

a deferred choice decision in accordance with regulation 12(2)(b).

(2) In this Schedule, a reference to—

(a) a beneficiary is a reference to a beneficiary of death benefits in relation to M’s remediable teacher service;

(b) an eligible child is a reference to an eligible child of M;

(c) M is a reference to the deceased remedy member in respect of whose remediable teacher service an election may be made;

(d) a surviving adult is a reference to a surviving adult in relation to M.