{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-pensions-amendment-regulations-2006/regulation-19",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/920",
  "legislation_title": "The Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-pensions-amendment-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Election for non-aggregation of reckonable service on entering new service",
  "text": "(1) In regulation A2(1) of the Contributory Fund Regulations (definitions) after the definition of “overseas fund or scheme” insert—\n“”Part U optant” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation U1(3);”.\n(2) At the end of regulation E2 of those Regulations (aggregate reckonable service) add—\n“(4) This regulation is subject to Part U.”.\n(3) After Part T of those Regulations (as inserted by these Regulations) insert—\n“Part U\nElection for separate treatment on participation for second or subsequent time\nElection for separate treatment on becoming participant again\nU1 (1) This Part applies if a person who has ceased to be a participant becomes a participant again on or after 6th April 2006 and makes an election for this Part to apply.\n(2) An election under this regulation is made by giving notice in writing to the Trustees within the period of 6 months beginning with the day on which the person becomes a participant.\n(3) A person who makes such an election is referred to in these Regulations as a “Part U optant”.\n(4) More than one election may be made under this regulation.\nEffect of election\nU2 (1) Where a person makes an election under regulation U1, the general rule is that these Regulations apply as if the person becoming a participant again were a different person from the person who ceased to be a participant earlier.\n(2) Accordingly, in particular, for the purposes of these Regulations—\n(a) the reckonable service (“the earlier service”) that the person was entitled to count immediately before becoming a participant again (including reckonable service that is attributable to the purchase of added years or any transfer payment accepted by the Trustees during the course of that service) is disregarded in determining rights in respect of his service after becoming a participant again,\n(b) he is regarded as a deferred pensioner in respect of the earlier service, and\n(c) in determining rights in respect of the earlier service—\n(i) the reckonable service that the person is entitled to count as a result of becoming a participant again (including reckonable service that is attributable to the purchase of added years or any transfer payment accepted by the Trustees during the course of that service), and\n(ii) the fact that he has again become a participant and a Member of the House of Commons or, as the case may be, the holder of a qualifying office,\nare disregarded.\n(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) are subject to paragraphs (4) and (5).\n(4) The fact that a person who has made an election under this regulation is a Member of the House of Commons or, as the case may be, the holder of a qualifying office is not disregarded for the purposes of Part H (early retirement and abated pensions).\n(5) For the purpose of Part P (transfers), paragraphs (1) and (2) apply only so far as they affect the value of the rights of the person who has made the election.”.\n(4) In regulation L1(5)(b) (which limits the amount of the gratuity payable on death in service to the aggregate of the contributions paid by the participant) after “not refunded to him” insert “(whether during the aggregate period of reckonable service in which he died or, in the case of a Part U optant, any earlier period of reckonable service)”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation E2 was amended by regulation 3 of S.I. 1995/2867 and regulation 3 of S.I. 1996/2406."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/920/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:33:07.580715+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."
}