# The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013, Regulation 16A: Qualifying additional pension arrangements


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2356/regulation/16A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-2013/regulation-16A
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