# The Firefighters' Pension Scheme (Wales) Order 2007, Paragraph 5: Election not to make pension contributions


(1) A firefighter member may at any time, by giving written notice to the member’s 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) the firefighter member’s 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 is treated as if that person had never been a member of the Scheme.
(4) A person whose membership of the Scheme ceases as mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) remains entitled to any deferred benefits accrued while that person was a member.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/1072/schedule/1/part/2/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-wales-order-2007/schedule-1/part-2/paragraph-5
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