TEACHERS (SUPERANNUATION) ACTS, POSITION OF TEACHERS WHO BECOME MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT Memorandum by the Minister of Education.

4. The Teachers (Superannuation) Act, 1937, and the Teachers (Superannuation) Act, 1945, both make provision for limited breaks in service to be treated as contributory or pensionable service. Under Section 2 of the 1937 Act, the employment of a teacher in contributory service may be discontinued for a period, normally not exceeding five years, to enable him to serve as a teacher in any part of His Majesty's dominions outside the United Kingdom or in a foreign country in schools where British teachers are necessary, or in certain other educational service outside the United Kingdom.