# The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Order 2006, Paragraph 5: Election not to make pension contributions


(1) A firefighter member may at any time, by giving written notice to his employing authority, elect to make no further pension contributions (referred to in this Scheme as a “contributions election”).
(2) Subject to paragraph (3)—
(a) a contributions election takes effect on the day on which begins the first pay period falling after the date on which the notice under paragraph (1) is received; and
(b) his membership of the Scheme ceases on the day on which the contributions election takes effect.
(3) A person who makes a contributions election within three months of joining the Scheme shall be treated as if he had never been a member of it.
(4) A person whose membership of the Scheme ceases as mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) remains entitled to any deferred benefits accrued while he was a member.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3432/schedule/1/part/2/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-england-order-2006/schedule-1/part-2/paragraph-5
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