# The Teachers' Pensions Regulations 1997, Paragraph 1


(1) In paragraphs 1 to 7 of this Schedule—
“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);
“full-time contributor” means a person who has paid or is paying additional contributions for a past period under Part I of Schedule 4 and has not been in part-time pensionable employment during any part of the contribution period;
“part-time contributor” means a person who has paid or is paying additional contributions for a past period under Part I of Schedule 4 and has been in part-time pensionable employment at some time during the contribution period;
(2) Any reference in this Schedule, in relation to a part-time contributor to a period which a person is entitled to count as reckonable service arising from the contribution period or any part of it is a reference to a period calculated by applying the formula in regulation Dl(2) to the contribution period or part of it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3001/schedule/7/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pensions-regulations-1997/schedule-7/paragraph-1
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