Regulation 16A Qualifying additional pension arrangementsF1

(1)

This regulation applies where—

(a)

an active member (“A”) is absent from work with permission for a continuous period of more than 14 days with no pensionable pay otherwise than because of illness or injury, child-related leave or reserve forces service leave;

(b)

A elects to enter into an arrangement to pay additional pension contributions under regulation 16 (additional pension contributions) to cover the whole of, or part of, that period of absence;

(c)

A makes the application to enter that arrangement under regulation 16(9) before—

(i)

the expiry of—

(aa)

the period of one year beginning with the day on which A returns to work, or

(bb)

such longer period as the Scheme employer may allow, or

(ii)

if earlier, the day on which A ceased to be an active member in the employment in which the absence took place.

(2)

Where this regulation applies—

(a)

the arrangement entered into by A is a qualifying additional pension arrangement (“QAPA”);

(b)

the part of the period of absence to which that arrangement relates is the qualifying period of absence;

(c)

the additional pension credited to A’s pension account under that arrangement is qualifying additional pension.

(3)

If A enters into a QAPA in respect of part of a period of absence to which paragraph (1)(a) applies—

(a)

A may not enter into more than one QAPA in respect of a qualifying period of absence;

(b)

A may enter into a further QAPA in respect of any part of a period of absence to which paragraph (1)(a) applies which is not already a qualifying period of absence.

(4)

In paragraph (1)(a) the expression “absent from work with permission” does not include an absence due to a trade dispute.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 16A inserted (1.4.2026) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Member Benefits) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/226), regs. 1(2)(d), 8(1) (with reg. 8(2))