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

PART 1
Introductory provisions

1 Citation, commencement and extent

2 Interpretation

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

71 Indirect compensation

72 Applications for compensation or indirect compensation

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

Explanatory note

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PART 1Introductory provisions

Citation, commencement and extent1.

These Regulations—

(a)

may be cited as the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Remediable Service) Regulations 2023;

(b)

come into force on 1st October 2023;

(c)

extend to England and Wales.