# The Armed Forces Pension Scheme Order 2005, Paragraph C.3: Effect of making contributions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) If a member who has exercised an option under rule C.1(1) pays all the contributions required under the option, his reckonable service is increased by the whole of the additional period covered by the option (“the contractual added years”).
(2) If—
(a) a member pays some but not all of those contributions,
(b) because of rule C.1(6) the rate at which a member pays contributions under the option is reduced below the rate at which they would otherwise be payable,
(ba) a member has served on flexible terms during any part of the contractual option period,
(c) during any part of the period while he is paying contributions the member is on unpaid leave for a period which does not count as reckonable service, or
(d) more than one of sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) apply,
his reckonable service is increased as follows.
(3) For each contribution paid at the rate originally required under the contract the increase is—
CAYNwhere—
CAY is the contractual added years, and
N is the total number of contributions the member was originally required to pay.
This is subject to paragraph (5).
(4) For each contribution paid at a reduced rate the increase is—
CAY×RRN×CRwhere—
CAY is the contractual added years,
N is the total number of contributions the member was originally required to pay,
RR is the reduced rate, and
CR is the rate at which the contribution would be payable under the contract apart from the reduction.
This is subject to paragraph (5).
(5) Where, during any pay period (“PP”) that is part of the period taken into account for the calculation under paragraph (3) or (4), the member is on unpaid leave for a period which does not count as reckonable service (“NRS”), then for that pay period the period of increase is the period of increase as calculated under that paragraph, multiplied by—
PP-NRSPPwhere
PP and NRS are the number of days in the periods in question.
(6) Where the member has served on flexible terms during the contractual option period—
(a) for the purposes of paragraph (3), a contribution paid under rule C.1(5A)(a) or (b) is treated as a contribution paid at the rate originally required under the contract,
(b) for the purposes of paragraph (4), a contribution paid under rule C.1(5)(a) in respect of a period of flexible service where the member has not opted to pay the difference under rule C.1(5A)(b) is treated as a contribution paid at a reduced rate.
(7) In this rule, “the contractual option period” has the meaning given by rule C.1(7).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/438/schedule/1/part/C/crossheading/buying-added-years/paragraph/C.3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-pension-scheme-order-2005/schedule-1/part-C/crossheading-buying-added-years/paragraph-C.3
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