The Teachers’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2025
Source: legislation.gov.uk (2025-10-07)

These Regulations correct minor errors in the Teachers’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (“the 2023 Regulations”), in particular, in relation to the definitions of “election” and “eligible decision-maker”.

This Scottish Statutory Instrument has been printed in substitution of the S.S.I. of the same number, which corrects errors in S.S.I. 2023/241 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2023/241\"), and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those instruments.

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2025 No. 197

Public Service Pensions

The Teachers’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2025

Made

24th June 2025

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

25th June 2025

Coming into force

8th October 2025

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and (2)(d), 2(1) (as read with paragraph 4(b) of schedule 2) and 3 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013(1 (\"#f00001\")) (“the 2013 Act”) and sections 5(1) and (5), 6(1), 7(3), 8(1) and (3), 10(1), 11(1) and (5), and 12(1) and (3) of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022(2 (\"#f00002\")) (“PSPJOA 2022”) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

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

In accordance with section 21(1) of the 2013 Act, the Scottish Ministers have consulted the representatives of such persons as appear to the Scottish Ministers likely to be affected by these Regulations.

To the extent required by section 27 of PSPJOA 2022, these Regulations are made in accordance with Treasury directions made under that section.

Citation, commencement and effect

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Teachers’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2025.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 8 October 2025 and have effect from 1 October 2023(3 (\"#f00003\")).

Amendment of the Teachers’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Regulations 2023

2.—(1) The Teachers’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Regulations 2023(4 (\"#f00004\")) are amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2) In the schedule, in paragraph 1(1), for “immediate choice election” in each place it occurs substitute “immediate choice decision”.

We consent

NICHOLAS DAKIN

VICKY FOXCROFT

Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury

16th June 2025

IVAN McKEE

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

24th June 2025

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations correct minor errors in the Teachers’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (“the 2023 Regulations”), in particular, in relation to the definitions of “election” and “eligible decision-maker”.

The 2023 Regulations were made under the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 and the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 to remedy the unlawful discrimination on the basis of age that was found to result from the transitional protections afforded to certain cohorts of members of Chapter 1 legacy schemes, as defined in the latter Act.

(1)

2013 c. 25 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/25\") (“the 2013 Act”). Section 3(1) was amended by section 94(2) of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7) (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/7\"), and section 3(2)(c) was inserted by section 94(3) of that Act.

(2)

2022 c. 7 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/7\").

(3)

Section 3(3)(b) of the 2013 Act provides that scheme regulations may have retrospective effect.

(4)

S.S.I. 2023/241 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2023/241\"), to which there are amendments not relevant to this instrument.