A deferred member is a member of the TPS who left service before 1 January 2007 and has not yet retired.

• If a member subsequently returns to service on or after 1 January 2007, they may come under transitional arrangements that preserve a Normal Pension Age (NPA) of 60.
• If a member returns to service before 1 January 2008, they will retain a NPA of 60 regardless of the length of the break in service.
• If a member returns after 1 January 2008, with more than a five year break in service, then future service will have a NPA of 65 but previous service will retain a NPA of 60.
• If a member returns after 1 January 2008 with a break of less than five years, then there will be a minimum period of scheme membership that must be undertaken after a break in pensionable service. This is to enable teachers who have a subsequent break in service to return at a later date and retain a NPA of 60 in respect of their future service.
• Minimum period is 30 days reckonable service or 60 days pensionable employment.
• If a member does not return to teaching before retirement:
  • They will not be able to nominate a partner to receive a dependant’s pension.
  • They will not be entitled to contribute to an additional pension.
  • They will continue to be eligible to apply for ill-health retirement benefits if they develop a medical condition that permanently prevents them from undertaking further gainful employment.
  • They will receive a pension based upon 1/80th and a lump sum of 3/80th.
  • Their benefits will be calculated on the best year’s salary in their final three years of service.