Regulation 6 Insertion of regulation 148A in the principal Regulations

After regulation 148 insert—

“Conditions of payment of Class 3 contributions: transfers to the Communities’ pension scheme

148A.

(1)

Entitlement to pay Class 3 contributions under regulations 146 and 147 is subject to the condition set out in paragraph (2).

(2)

The condition is that a person may not pay a Class 3 contribution for any part of the period to which that person’s Communities transfer relates.

(3)

For the purposes of this regulation—

• a “Communities transfer” means a transfer to the Communities pension scheme of rights to relevant benefits;

• “the Communities’ pension scheme” means the pension scheme provided for officials and other servants of Community institutions and bodies in accordance with regulations adopted by the Council of the European Communities^f1;

• “relevant benefits” means benefits under—

  1. (a)

     Parts 2 to 5 and 10 of the Act,

  2. (b)

     sections 36 and 37 of the National Insurance Act 1965^f2 (graduated retirement benefit), and

  3. (c)

     sections 1(2) and 2 of the Jobseekers Act 1995^f3 (contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance).”.