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Paragraph 5 I1

Northern Ireland Not yet in force

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If a person had elected under paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to shorten the contribution period—

(a)

he is in any case entitled to count as reckonable service

A×HG

where

  • G is the original contribution period and H is so much of it as had elapsed by the effective date of the election; and

(b)

paragraphs 3 and 4 have effect with the substitution—

(i)

as A, of

A-(A×HG),
(ii)

as B, of the shortened contribution period;

(iii)

as D, of the period from the effective date of the election to his 60th birthday; and

(c)

the definition of C in paragraph 3(3) shall have effect with the substitution for the words “the contribution period” of the words “the shortened contribution period”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 7 para. 5 in operation at 2.11.1998, see reg. A1