{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-parliamentary-united-kingdom-representatives-pensions-amendment-order-2013/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/481",
  "legislation_title": "The European Parliamentary (United Kingdom Representatives) Pensions (Amendment) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-parliamentary-united-kingdom-representatives-pensions-amendment-order-2013",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Categories of contributor",
  "text": "(1) Article 2 of the Principal Order (interpretation) is amended as follows.\n(2) In the definition of “Category 1 contributor”—\n(a) omit “and” at the end of paragraph (b);\n(b) in paragraph (c) after “14th July 2009” insert “and ending before 1st April 2012”;\n(c) at the end of paragraph (c) substitute “; and” for “.” and insert—\n“(d) in respect of any period beginning on or after 1st April 2012, a participant (“P”) who—\n(i) did not opt, before 1st April 2012, to make contributions at a reduced rate, and does not exercise the option in article 5(2AA) to change P’s membership category; or\n(ii) exercises the option in article 5(2AA) to change P’s membership category and whose qualifying notice specifies that P wishes to make contributions as a Category 1 contributor.”.\n(3) In the definition of “Category 2 contributor”—\n(a) omit “and” at the end of paragraph (b);\n(b) in paragraph (c) after “14th July 2009” insert “and ending before 1st April 2012”;\n(c) at the end of paragraph (c) substitute “; and” for “.” and insert—\n“(d) in respect of any period beginning on or after 1st April 2012 a participant (“P”) who—\n(i) opted, before 1st April 2012, to make contributions as a Category 2 contributor and does not exercise the option in article 5(2AA) to change P’s membership category; or\n(ii) exercises the option in article 5(2AA) to change P’s membership category and whose qualifying notice specifies that P wishes to make contributions as a Category 2 contributor.”.\n(4) For the definition of “Category 3 contributor” substitute—\n““Category 3 contributor” means—\n(a) in respect of any period beginning on or after 14th July 2009 and ending before 1st April 2012, a participant (“P”) who exercised the option to select a membership category in article 5(2A) and whose qualifying notice specified that P wished to make contributions as a Category 3 contributor; and\n(b) in respect of any period beginning on or after 1st April 2012, a participant (“P”) who—\n(i) opted, before 1st April 2012, to make contributions as a Category 3 contributor and does not exercise the option in article 5(2AA) to change P’s membership category; or\n(ii) exercises the option in article 5(2AA) to change P’s membership category and whose qualifying notice specifies that P wishes to make contributions as a Category 3 contributor.”.\n(5) After the definition of “protected individual” insert—\n““qualifying notice” has the meaning assigned to it by article 5(2B);”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/481/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:02:21.423150+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}