# THE POLICE PENSION (NORTHERN IRELAND) REGULATIONS 2009, Regulation 7: Election not to pay pension contributions

Extent: N.I.

(1) A police officer may at any time elect that regulation 5(1) shall not apply in his case by notice in writing given to the Board.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the date on which an election under paragraph (1) takes effect shall be the date on which an instalment of pay next falls due to him after the receipt of notice under paragraph (1).
(3) In the case of a police officer who has given notice under paragraph (1) within three months of the date on which he became such and to whom regulation 12 does not apply, his election under that paragraph shall be deemed to have taken effect on that date.
(3A) In the case of a police officer who has given notice under paragraph (1) within three months of a relevant event, his election under that paragraph shall be deemed to have taken effect on the date of that relevant event.
(3B) A relevant event for the purposes of paragraph (3A) is—
(a) the automatic enrolment date;
(b) an automatic re-enrolment date;
(c) the police officer first becoming liable to pay pension contributions by reason of exercising the right afforded by section 7 of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (jobholder’s right to opt in).
(4) In a case falling within paragraph (3), the Board shall, subject to regulation 32, pay to the police officer in question a sum equal to the sum of the pension contributions paid by him since the date on which the election is deemed to have taken effect.
(5) A police officer who has made an election under paragraph (1) may cancel such election by notice in writing given to the Board and the election shall cease to have effect as from the date on which an instalment of pay next falls due to him after the receipt of such notice.
(6) An election made by a police officer under paragraph (1) shall, if it has not been cancelled under paragraph (5), be cancelled on the automatic enrolment date or (if that date has passed) on the next automatic re-enrolment date, and shall cease to have effect as from the date on which an instalment of pay next falls due to him after the date of cancellation.
(7) A written notice given under paragraph (1) or (5) shall be signed by the police officer or, where the notice is in electronic format it shall include a statement confirming that the notice is given by the police officer personally.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/79/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-pension-northern-ireland-regulations-2009/regulation-7
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