Article 11 Continuation of voluntary contributions
The provisions of this rule shall have effect for the purpose of enabling a person to whom this part of these rules applies to continue any voluntary contributions which are described herein and which he was in course of paying immediately before leaving Federated Schemes Employment.
Where a person elects to continue any such contributions, he shall—
when notifying the fund authority under rule 9(a)(i), notify them also that he wishes to continue the payment of voluntary contributions;
within the period specified in rule 9(a), or allowed under rule 16, pay to the fund authority a sum equal to the sum (if any) paid to him by way of return of any such contributions; and
make the payments required by this rule.
Where the voluntary contributions were paid in respect of added years, the person shall pay the outstanding amounts as they would have been payable in his Federated Schemes Employment; and thereupon having regard to the total amount of voluntary contributions there shall be added to the service which he is entitled to reckon under rule 10 such period as may be certified by an actuary to be appropriate.
Where the voluntary contributions were paid by way of—
instalments in discharge of a fixed sum or
contributions of a fraction or percentage of emoluments,
as a condition of being entitled to reckon any period of service for the purposes of the relevant scheme, or as a condition of increasing the length at which any period of service would be reckoned for those purposes, the person shall be entitled to continue making those payments to the fund authority; and there-upon having regard to the total amount of voluntary contributions there shall be added to the service which he is entitled to reckon under rule 10 such period as may be certified by an actuary to be appropriate.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this rule, the person shall not be required to make payments between the date on which he retires from local government employment and the date on which he would ordinarily have expected to retire from Federated Schemes Employment if he had continued therein.