Regulation D1 Reckonable service
Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) and regulations D3 and D8, a pensionable employee is entitled to reckon as reckonable service, in relation to an employment in which he is a pensionable employee—
any period for which he has paid contributions under regulations C1 or C2;
any period which was reckonable as contributing service by virtue of regulations 39 or 40(1)(a) of the 1981 regulations;
any period which he is entitled to reckon as reckonable service by virtue of regulations D4 to D7 or Part F (war service); or
any period which he is entitled to reckon by virtue of regulation 4 of the Local Government (Superannuation) (Reserve Forces) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991f1.
A period of absence from duty without remuneration, otherwise than on leave of absence, may not be reckoned as reckonable service unless—
that period was a relevant absence; and
the amount specified in regulation C3(7) has been paid in respect of every relevant contribution period, all or part of which was included in that relevant absence.
Where the amount specified in regulation C3(7) has been paid in respect of a relevant contribution period, so much of any relevant absence as was included in that period may be reckoned as reckonable service whether or not a contract of employment continued to subsist during the relevant absence or any part of it.