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Regulation 4 Election to pay additional voluntary contributions

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(1)

A person in pensionable employment may at any time elect to pay periodical contributions under these Regulations—

(a)

for investment under regulation 9, or

(b)

to provide for a lump sum death benefit.

(2)

The notice of such an election shall specify—

(a)

whether the election relates to paragraph (1)(a) or (b), or both;

(b)

the amount of each periodical contribution or, if expressed as a percentage of salary, that percentage;

(c)

in relation to periodical contributions for the purpose of investment under regulation 9, the fund or funds in which the contributions are to be invested; and

(d)

subject to regulation 7(5), in relation to the provision of a lump sum death benefit, the amount to be secured which must not be less than £5,000.