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# Teachers (Superannuation) Act 1956

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Teachers (Superannuation) Act 1956
1956 c.53
An Act to amend the Elementary School Teachers (Superannuation) Act 1898, the Teachers (Superannuation) Acts 1918 to 1946, and so much of the Education (Scotland) Acts 1939 to 1953, as relates to superannuation and to the employment of teachers over the age of sixty-five years; and for purposes connected therewith.
[5th July 1956]

## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-1}



## 2 {#section-2}

(1)—(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)—(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

## 3 {#section-3}

(1)—(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-4}



## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-57.}



## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-8}



## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-923.}



## 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-24}



## 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-25}



## 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-26}



## 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-2731.}



## 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-32}



## 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-3336.}



## 37 Amendment of the Education (Scotland) (War Service Superannuation) Act, 1939. {#section-37}

Where, under section three of the Education (Scotland) (War Service Superannuation) Act 1939, contributions in respect of the whole or part of the period of war service of a person who was, or was deemed to be, a teacher are recoverable by the Secretary of State either directly from him or by deduction from any sum payable to him or to his personal representatives, and where the whole or any part of the said contributions have not been recovered before the commencement of this Act, it shall be lawful for the Secretary of State, on an application by the said person made within twelve months from the commencement of this Act or within such longer period as the Secretary of State may allow in any particular case, to direct that the unrecovered contributions and any interest due thereon shall not be recovered and to delete from the record of service of the said person the period of war service in respect of which the said contributions were payable, and the said person and his personal representatives shall thereupon cease to be liable for the said contributions and interest and shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Teachers Superannuation Scheme in respect of the said period of war service.

## 38 Extent and interpretation of Part II. {#section-38}

(1) This Part of this Act shall extend to Scotland only.
(2) References in this Part of this Act to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended by any subsequent enactment including this Act.

## 39 Expenses and payments into Exchequer. {#section-39}

(1) There shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament—
(a), (b) . . .
(c) any increase attributable to the provisions of this Act in the sums payable out of moneys provided by Parliament under any other enactment.
(2) There shall be paid into the Exchequer—
(a), (b) . . .
(c) any increase attributable to the provisions of this Act in the sums payable into the Exchequer under any other enactment.

## 40 Functions of Government Actuary. {#section-40}

Any functions of the Government Actuary under this Act, . . . , may be performed by the Deputy Government Actuary.

## 41 Short title, citation, commencement and extent. {#section-41}

(1) This Act may be cited as the Teachers (Superannuation) Act 1956.
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) This Act, so far as it relates to Scotland, shall be included among those Acts which may be cited as the Education (Scotland) Acts 1939 to 1956, and shall be construed as one with those Acts.
(4) Without prejudice to the retrospective effect of any provision of this Act, this Act shall come into operation on the first day of October, nineteen hundred and fifty-six.
(5) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.

## FIRST SCHEDULES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#schedule-1}



## SECOND SCHEDULES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#schedule-2}