{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-2013/regulation-16A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-2013/regulation-16A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2356",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/16A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16A",
  "heading": "Qualifying additional pension arrangements",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where—\n(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;\n(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;\n(c) A makes the application to enter that arrangement under regulation 16(9) before—\n(i) the expiry of—\n(aa) the period of one year beginning with the day on which A returns to work, or\n(bb) such longer period as the Scheme employer may allow, or\n(ii) if earlier, the day on which A ceased to be an active member in the employment in which the absence took place.\n(2) Where this regulation applies—\n(a) the arrangement entered into by A is a qualifying additional pension arrangement (“QAPA”);\n(b) the part of the period of absence to which that arrangement relates is the qualifying period of absence;\n(c) the additional pension credited to A’s pension account under that arrangement is qualifying additional pension.\n(3) If A enters into a QAPA in respect of part of a period of absence to which paragraph (1)(a) applies—\n(a) A may not enter into more than one QAPA in respect of a qualifying period of absence;\n(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.\n(4) In paragraph (1)(a) the expression “absent from work with permission” does not include an absence due to a trade dispute.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2356/regulation/16A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:40:57.304771+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."
}