{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pensions-regulations-1997/regulation-G6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pensions-regulations-1997/regulation-G6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/3001",
  "legislation_title": "The Teachers' Pensions Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pensions-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/G6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "G6",
  "heading": "Employers' contributions—employees' elections under regulation C2",
  "text": "(1) In this regulation “employer A”, “employer B” and “employer C” have the same meaning as in regulation C2(1)(b) and (6)(c).\n(2) Where a person who falls within regulation C2(1)(a) has made an election under regulation C2(1) the person’s employer may elect that the contribution deficit, or such part of it as is specified in the election, is to be paid by that employer.\n(3) Where a person who falls within regulation C2(1)(b) has made an election under regulation C2(1) either employer A or employer B may elect that the contribution deficit, or such part of it as is specified in the election, is to be paid by employer A or employer B as the case may be.\n(4) Where a person who has made an election under regulation C2(1) ceases to be in pensionable employment in circumstances where—\n(a) his election continues to have effect by virtue of regulation C2(6)(c)(ii), and\n(b) an election has been made under paragraph (2), or under paragraph (3) by employer B, but\n(c) the employer who made the election does not confirm it under paragraph (7)(a)(ii),\nemployer C may elect that the contribution deficit, or such part of it as is specified in the election, is to be paid by employer C.\n(5) In paragraphs (2) and (3) “the contribution deficit” means contributions of the required percentage of the difference between the person’s actual contributable salary and his contributable salary at the rate referred to in regulation C2(4).\n(6) An election for the purposes of paragraphs (2), (3) or (4)—\n(a) must be made by giving written notice to the Secretary of State,\n(b) has effect—\n(i) in the case of an election under paragraph (2) or (3), from the date on which the employee’s election under regulation C2(1) has effect, or from the end of the month in which the election was made whichever is the later, and\n(ii) in the case of an election under paragraph (4), from the date on which the person takes up employment with employer C or from the end of the month in which the election was made whichever is the later, and\n(c) shall state whether the employer elects to pay the whole of the contribution deficit or a proportion of it and if so what that proportion is, and\n(d) is irrevocable.\n(7) An election made under paragraph (2), under paragraph (3) by employer B or under paragraph (4) ceases to have effect—\n(a) in the case of an election under paragraph (2) or (3), if the person ceases to be employed by the employer who made the election unless—\n(i) the person elects to pay additional contributions under regulation C10, or\n(ii) by virtue of regulation C2(6)(c)(ii) the person’s election does not cease to have effect and the employer confirms the election before the date on which the person takes up employment with the new employer, and\n(b) in the case of an election under paragraph (4) if the person ceases to be employed by the person who made the election unless he elects to pay additional contributions under regulation C10.\n(8) An election made under paragraph (3) by employer A ceases to have effect if the person ceases to be in pensionable employment unless he—\n(a) elects to pay additional contributions under regulation C10, or\n(b) takes up pensionable employment with another employer within 6 months of ceasing to be in pensionable employment.\n(9) Where, in relation to a person who falls within regulation C2(1)(b)—\n(a) there are at any time elections by both employer A and employer B, or as the case may be both employer A and employer C; and\n(b) if both elections were fully effective their combined effect would be that more than the contribution deficit would be paid to the Secretary of State,\nthe election by employer B or as the case may be, employer C shall have full effect but the election by employer A shall have effect only to the extent of the difference (if any) between the contribution deficit and the amount which is the subject of the election by employer B or employer C.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/665",
      "affecting_title": "The Teachers' Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2000"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3001/regulation/G6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:40:26.186253+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."
}