Legislation – The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Remediable Service) Regulations 2023

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Introduction

PART 1
Introductory provisions

1 Citation, commencement and extent

2 Interpretation

3 Delegation

PART 2
Remediable service statements

4 Requirements relating to remediable service statements

PART 3
Decisions about the treatment of remediable service

CHAPTER 1 Opted-out service elections

5 Application and interpretation of Chapter 1

6 Election in relation to relevant opted-out service

CHAPTER 2 Immediate choice decision for reformed scheme or legacy scheme benefits

7 Application and interpretation of Chapter 2

8 Immediate choice decision for reformed scheme or legacy scheme benefits: general

9 Immediate choice decision: additional requirements

10 Immediate choice decision: deemed section 6 election

CHAPTER 3 Deferred choice decision for reformed scheme or legacy scheme benefits

11 Application and interpretation of Chapter 3

12 Deferred choice decision for reformed scheme or legacy scheme benefits: general

13 Deferred choice decision to be made by M

14 Deferred choice decision to be made by a person other than M

15 Deferred choice decision: deemed section 10 election

16 Deferred choice decision: additional requirements

PART 4
Provision about divorce and dissolution arrangements

CHAPTER 1 Pension credit and pension debit members

SECTION 1 Application and interpretation of Chapter 1

17 Application and interpretation of Chapter 1

SECTION 2 Pension sharing orders: information provided before 1st October 2023

18 Application and interpretation of Section 2

19 Meaning of “alternative amount”

20 Information provided before 1st October 2023: calculating a remediable credit adjustment

21 Information provided before 1st October 2023: applying a remediable credit adjustment

22 Information provided before 1st October 2023: recalculating D’s reduction of benefit

SECTION 3 Information provided on or after 1st October 2023

23 Application and interpretation of Section 3

24 Information provided on or after 1st October 2023: calculation of pension credits and debits

25 Information provided on or after 1st October 2023: recalculating D’s reduction of benefit

CHAPTER 2 Arrangements on divorce, annulment or dissolution other than a pension sharing order

26 Arrangements other than a pension sharing order: calculating the value of pension benefits

PART 5
Voluntary contributions

CHAPTER 1 General

27 Interpretation of Part 5

28 Requirement to determine the value of flexibilities in a member’s alternative scheme

29 Election in relation to remediable voluntary contributions

30 Disapplication of scheme regulations where rights are determined, varied or conferred

31 Variation of the period during which a buy-out election may be made

CHAPTER 2 Immediate choice members

32 Application of Chapter 2

33 Treatment of legacy scheme additional pension where reformed scheme benefits chosen

34 Treatment of reformed scheme flexibilities where legacy scheme benefits take effect

35 Treatment of scheme flexibilities in payment

CHAPTER 3 Deferred choice members

SECTION 1 Application of Chapter 3

36 Application of Chapter 3

SECTION 2 Provision about remedial voluntary contributions on the entry into force of section 2(1) of PSPJOA 2022

37 Application of Section 2

38 Treatment of rights to reformed scheme flexibilities on the entry into force of section 2(1) of PSPJOA 2022

39 Agreement to waive payment of a compensatable amount

SECTION 3 Provision about remediable voluntary contributions on a deferred choice decision

40 Variation of legacy scheme additional pension where reformed scheme benefits chosen

41 Reinstatement of reformed scheme flexibilities where reformed scheme benefits chosen

42 Treatment of waived compensatable amount where legacy scheme benefits take effect

CHAPTER 4 Remedial arrangements to pay voluntary contributions to the legacy scheme

43 Remedial arrangements to pay voluntary contributions to secure legacy scheme additional pension

PART 6
Transfers

CHAPTER 1 General

44 Interpretation of Part 6

45 Transferred out remediable service statements

CHAPTER 2 Transfers on a cash equivalent basis

SECTION 1 Transfers before 1st October 2023

46 Transfers out before 1st October 2023

47 Transfers in before 1st October 2023

SECTION 2 Transfers on or after 1st October 2023

48 Application of Section 2

49 Transfers out on or after 1st October 2023

CHAPTER 3 Transfers on a club basis

SECTION 1 Club transfers before 1st October 2023

50 Club transfers out before 1st October 2023

51 Club transfers in before 1st October 2023

SECTION 2 Club transfers on or after 1st October 2023

52 Application of Section 2

53 Club transfers out on or after 1st October 2023

54 Club transfers in on or after 1st October 2023

CHAPTER 4 Variation of transfer application periods

55 Variation of transfer application periods

CHAPTER 5 Treatment of rights secured by virtue of a remediable value

56 Application and interpretation of Chapter 5

57 Transferred in remediable rights treated as being in the legacy scheme

58 Varying the value of benefits secured by virtue of transferred in remediable rights

59 Benefits already paid in relation to transferred in remediable rights

60 Pension benefits and lump sum benefits in relation to transferred in remediable rights

PART 7
Provision about special cases

CHAPTER 1 Ill-health retirement

61 Interpretation of Chapter 1

62 Determining whether a member meets the ill-health retirement criteria in each scheme

63 Provisions about ill-health retirement benefits following reassessment

64 Ill-health retirement benefit payable in transitional cases

CHAPTER 2 Miscellaneous special cases

65 Protection of the amount of pension payable to an eligible child

66 Immediate choice members with excess teacher service

67 Premature retirement

68 Payment of annual allowance tax charges and provision of information

PART 8
Liabilities and payment

CHAPTER 1 Application of Part 8

69 Application of Part 8

CHAPTER 2 Interest, compensation and netting off

70 Interest

71 Indirect compensation

72 Applications for compensation or indirect compensation

73 Netting off

CHAPTER 3 Reduction and waiver of liabilities

74 Requirement to reduce liabilities by tax relief amounts

75 Power to reduce or waive amounts owed by a person to the scheme manager

76 Agreement to waive a liability owed by the scheme manager in respect of an immediate correction

CHAPTER 4 Payment of net liabilities

77 Application of Chapter 4

78 Payment of amounts owed to the scheme manager

79 Payment of amounts owed to a person

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE Eligible decision-makers for deceased members

Signature

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PART 8Liabilities and payment

CHAPTER 2Interest, compensation and netting off

Interest70.

(1)

The scheme manager must calculate interest on a relevant amount described in direction 15 of the PSP Directions 2022 in accordance with the provisions of directions 14 and 15 which apply to that description of relevant amount.

(2)

In relation to a relevant amount not described in direction 15 of the PSP Directions 2022, the scheme manager must determine whether interest is paid and, if so, what rate of interest applies and how it is calculated.

(3)

The following provisions of the PSP Directions 2022 apply in relation to a determination under paragraph (2) as if it were a determination under direction 16(1) of those Directions—

(a)

direction 16(2) (provision of explanation);

(b)

direction 16(3) and (4) (appeals).

Annotations:
Commencement Information

I1Reg. 70 in force at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1(b)

Indirect compensation71.

(1)

This regulation applies where—

(a)

pursuant to an application under regulation 72, the scheme manager determines that an immediate choice member (“M”) has incurred a compensatable loss28 that is a Part 4 tax loss29 (a “relevant loss”), and

(b)

the relevant loss is a reduction of benefit under—

(i)

regulation 123 of the 2010 Regulations, or

(ii)

regulation 182 of the 2014 Regulations.

(2)

M is not to be paid an amount under section 23 of PSPJOA 2022 by way of compensation in respect of the relevant loss.

(3)

Instead, the amount of benefit payable under a teacher pension scheme is to be increased to reflect the amount of the relevant loss in such manner as determined by the scheme manager in accordance with direction 10(2) to (4) of the PSP Directions 2022.

Annotations:
Commencement Information

I2Reg. 71 in force at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1(b)

Applications for compensation or indirect compensation72.

(1)

This regulation applies in relation to—

(a)

the payment of a relevant amount by way of compensation under section 23(1) of PSPJOA 2022;

(b)

the increase of benefits by way of indirect compensation under regulation 71.

(2)

The relevant amount is not payable, or (as the case may be) the benefits are not to be increased, except where—

(a)

an application is made in accordance with direction 18(1) and (2) of the PSP Directions 2022,

(b)

the application is accompanied by such information that the scheme manager may by written notice require the person making the application (“P”) to provide in relation to the proposed compensation which is—

(i)

information within P’s possession, or

(ii)

information which P may reasonably be expected to obtain, and

(c)

the scheme manager makes a determination in accordance with direction 18(3) of those Directions.

(3)

The following apply in relation to a determination in accordance with direction 18(3) of the PSP Directions 2022—

(a)

direction 18(4) (provision of explanation);

(b)

direction 18(5) and (6) (appeals).

Annotations:
Commencement Information

I3Reg. 72 in force at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1(b)

Netting off73.

(1)

This regulation applies where—

(a)

relevant amounts owed by and to a person (“P”) fall to be paid at the same time or similar times, and

(b)

the scheme manager has—

(i)

determined the interest (if any) that is to be paid on the relevant amounts in accordance with regulation 70, and

(ii)

reduced the relevant amounts by tax relief amounts in accordance with regulation 74.

(2)

The scheme manager may determine, in accordance with direction 19(2) to (5) of the PSP Directions 2022, that the relevant amounts (and any interest on them) must be aggregated and that the difference must be paid by P to the scheme or (as the case may be) by the scheme to P.

(3)

The following provisions of the PSP Directions 2022 apply in relation to a determination under paragraph (2) as if it were a determination under direction 19(1) of those Directions—

(a)

direction 19(6) (provision of explanation);

(b)

direction 19(7) and (8) (appeals).

Annotations:
Commencement Information

I4Reg. 73 in force at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1(b)

28

See section 23 of PSPJOA 2022 and direction 11 of the PSP Directions 2022 for the meaning of “compensatable loss”.

29

See section 23(9) of PSPJOA 2022 for the meaning of “Part 4 tax loss”.