The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment Regulations 2017
The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment Regulations 2017
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Type: Scottish Statutory Instrument
Year: 2017
Number: 454
Made: 2017-12-18
Coming into force: 2018-03-01
Last ingested: 2026-06-12 from legislation.gov.uk.
Explanatory note
Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.
These Regulations clarify that the death grant payable in terms of regulations 135, 136(1), 137(1) and 138(1) of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 is discretionary. The amendment effecting that change is made retrospective from 1st April 2015 which was the date regulations 135, 136(1), 137(1) and 138(1) came into force. Section 3(3)(b) of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 allows these Regulations to make retrospective provision.
Other SSIs from 2017
- The Specified Crustaceans (Prohibition on Landing, Sale and Carriage) (Scotland) Order 2017 — SSI 2017/455
- The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (Modification of Part 1 and Ancillary Provision) Regulations 2017 — SSI 2017/453
- The Criminal Finances Act 2017 (Commencement) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 — SSI 2017/456