Regulation 9 Additional payments by certain pensionable employees in respect of previous service

The principal Regulations are amended by substituting for regulation C7 the following:

“Additional payments by certain pensionable employees in respect of previous service

C7

(1)

A whole-time manual worker who becomes a pensionable employee by virtue of regulation B1(3)(c) may make a payment into the appropriate superannuation fund in order to become entitled under regulation D9 to reckon as reckonable service in relation to the employment in which he is a pensionable employee the period during which he was in that employment before becoming a pensionable employee.

(2)

If he was not immediately before 1st April 1987 a pensionable employee, a justices' clerk (outside the inner London area) or a registration officer may by notice in writing given to his employing authority within 12 months after that date elect to make a payment into the appropriate superannuation fund in order to become entitled under regulation D9 to reckon a period as reckonable service in relation to his local government employment.

(3)

The period mentioned in paragraph (2) is to be specified in the notice, and may be any period beginning after 31st March 1974 and ending with 31st March 1987 during which the person was a justices' clerk (outside the inner London area) or, as the case may be, a registration officer.

(4)

The amount of a payment under paragraph (1) or (2) is an amount equal to the contributions which the person would have been required to make under regulation C2 if he had throughout the period been a pensionable employee.

(5)

A payment under paragraph (1) is to be made, unless the employing authority allow a longer period, within 6 months after the date on which the person became a pensionable employee.

(6)

A payment under paragraph (2) is to be made, unless the employing authority allow a longer period, within 12 months after the date on which the person is notified by the employing authority of its amount.

(7)

A payment under paragraph (1) or (2) is to be treated for the purposes of these Regulations as if it consisted of contributions made under regulation C2 in respect of employment in which the person was a pensionable employee.”.