{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-superannuation-additional-voluntary-contributions-scotland-regulations-1995/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-superannuation-additional-voluntary-contributions-scotland-regulations-1995/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2814",
  "legislation_title": "The Teachers' Superannuation (Additional Voluntary Contributions) (Scotland) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-superannuation-additional-voluntary-contributions-scotland-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Election to pay additional voluntary contributions",
  "text": "(1) A person in pensionable employment may at any time elect to pay—\n(a) regular contributions for investment under regulation 9(1);\n(b) a single payment contribution for investment under regulation 9(1); or\n(c) regular contributions to provide for a lump sum death benefit under these Regulations.\n(2) The notice of such an election shall specify—\n(a) in the case of an election under paragraph (1)(a), the amount of each regular contribution or, if expressed as a percentage of salary, that percentage;\n(b) in the case of an election under paragraph (1)(b), the amount of the contribution;\n(c) in the case of an election under paragraph (1)(a) or (b), the fund or funds in which contributions are to be invested; and\n(d) in the case of an election under paragraph (1)(c), the amount of each regular contribution.\n(3) In the case of an election under paragraph (1)(c), the amount to be assured must be not less than £5,000 and shall be calculated by reference to regular contributions, in accordance with publicly available tables provided by the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2814/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:59:07.488429+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."
}