# The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 1997, Regulation 16: Payments in respect of previous part-time employment


(1) This regulation applies to a member who—
(a) was a member on the 17th August 1993; and
(b) was in qualifying part-time employment on or after 1st January 1993 and continuously until 17th August 1993 but was not eligible at any time during that period to elect to become a pensionable employee.
(2) A member to whom this regulation applies may, by notice in writing given to his appropriate administering authority within 6 months from the date when these Regulations come into force or such later date as the appropriate administering authority considers reasonable, elect to be treated as if he had been a member from the date he commenced qualifying part-time employment or 1st January 1993 whichever is the later, which date shall be specified in the notice.
(3) The member shall make a payment into the appropriate pension fund in order for the election to have effect from the date specified in the notice.
(4) The amount of the payment under paragraph (3) is an amount equal to the contributions which the member would have been required to make under regulation C2 of the 1986 regulations if, throughout the period from the specified date to the date he became a member, he had been a pensionable employee.
(5) A payment under paragraph (3) is to be made, unless the administering authority allow a longer period, within 6 months of the date on which the member is notified by the administering authority of its amount.
(6) A payment under paragraph (3) is to be treated for the purposes of the principal Regulations as if it consisted of contributions made by the member under regulation C4 of the principal Regulations in respect of employment in which he was a member.
(7) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), where a person ceased to be in pensionable employment but entered again into pensionable employment and—
(a) the interval between those two employments does not exceed one month; or
(b) the second of the employments results from the exercise of a right to return to work under section 79 or 81 of the Employment Rights Act 1996
she shall be treated as continuously employed.
(8) For the purposes of this regulation the expressions “pensionable employee”,“qualify-ing part-time employment” and “whole time” have the same meanings as in the 1986 Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/578/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-amendment-regulations-1997/regulation-16
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