The Teachers (Compensation for Redundancy and Premature Retirement) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

• Citation: S.I. 2006/2216
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Teachers (Compensation for Redundancy and Premature Retirement) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and come into force on 1st October 2006.

Section 2 Amendment of Teachers (Compensation for Redundancy and Premature Retirement) Regulations 1997.

The Teachers (Compensation for Redundancy and Premature Retirement) Regulations 1997 are amended as follows.

Section 3 Amendment of Teachers (Compensation for Redundancy and Premature Retirement) Regulations 1997.

In regulation 4(2) omit “and who is not entitled to payment of retirement benefits under regulation E4(2) to (5A) of the Pensions Regulations”.

Section 4 Amendment of Teachers (Compensation for Redundancy and Premature Retirement) Regulations 1997.

For regulation 6 substitute the following—

(6) Subject always to section 37(1) to (3) of the Education Act 2002 (determination by governing bodies as to making by local education authorities of certain payments in respect of dismissal etc. ) the appropriate person may pay to a person to whom this Part applies compensation which does not exceed A-B where—

A is a sum equivalent to 104 weeks’ pay, and

B is the aggregate of—

(a) any redundancy payment to which the person is entitled under Part XI of the Employment Rights Act 1996 , and

(b) any compensation which is paid to him under Part II of these Regulations (discretionary compensation for redundancy).