# The Teachers' Pensions Regulations 1997, Paragraph 1


(1) In this Part—
“the principal election” means the election under regulation C4(2);
“the past period” means the period specified under regulation C4(7)(a);
“the contribution period” means the period specified under regulation C4(7)(c).
(2) Any reference in this Part, in relation to a person who has spent any part of the contribution period in part-time employment, to a period which a person is entitled to count as reckonable service arising from the contribution period is a reference to a period calculated by applying the formula in regulation D1(2) to the contribution period.
(3) During any period for which a person is paying additional contributions for a current period under regulation C9 or C10, for the purposes of this Part—
(a) he is to be treated as being in full-time pensionable employment, and
(b) his contributable salary is the notional salary described in regulation C9(7)(a) or, as the case may be, regulation C10(4).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3001/schedule/4/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pensions-regulations-1997/schedule-4/paragraph-1
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