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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pensions-regulations-1997/schedule-6/paragraph-10",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/3001",
  "legislation_title": "The Teachers' Pensions Regulations 1997",
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  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/10",
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  "number": "10",
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  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) and paragraph 11, a woman in relation to whom the election conditions are satisfied may elect to pay family benefit contributions in respect of the whole or a part of any reckonable service attributable to a period—\n(a) that ended before 1st April 1972, or\n(b) for which contributions have been paid under regulation C4, C6, C9 or C10,\nor attributable to the acceptance before 6th April 1988 of a transfer value.\n(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) and paragraph 11, a woman in relation to whom the election conditions are satisfied may elect to pay family benefit contributions in respect of the whole or a part of any reckonable service not falling within sub-paragraph (1) which is attributable to a period that—\n(a) began after 31st March 1972 and ended before 6th April 1988, and\n(b) would otherwise not count in calculating any pension becoming payable to her widower.\n(3) Where an election is made in respect of a part only of any service, the part must consist of one or more whole years.\n(4) The election conditions are that she is married, and either—\n(a) is in pensionable employment, or\n(b) ceased after 5th April 1988 and before 1st April 1989 to be in such employment and immediately became entitled to payment of retirement benefits.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "rev in pt",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2198",
      "affecting_title": "The Teachers' Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2005"
    },
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      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2198",
      "affecting_title": "The Teachers' Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2005"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3001/schedule/6/paragraph/10",
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  },
  "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."
}