Regulation 6

Amend regulation 49 (payment of precluded Class 3 contributions) as follows.

In paragraph (1) omit sub-paragraph (e).

After paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A)

No person shall be entitled to pay a Class 3 contribution in respect of the year in which he attains pensionable age or any subsequent year.

This is subject to the following qualification.

(2B)

A person—

(a)

who has attained the age of 60;

(b)

to whom a full gender recognition certificate is issued; and

(c)

whose acquired gender is male;

is not precluded from paying Class 3 contributions for the relevant years.

(2C)

For the purposes of paragraph (2B) the relevant years are—

(a)

the year in which the person attains the age of 60;

(b)

any subsequent year before that in which the full gender recognition certificate is issued; and

(c)

the year in which the full gender recognition certificate is issued.”.