Regulation 4 Additional contributions to purchase past added years

for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:–

“(2)

Subject to paragraphs (4) and (6) to (12), a teacher to whom this regulation applies may elect to pay additional contributions in accordance with–

(a)

Part I of Schedule 4 (“Method A”); or

(b)

Part II of Schedule 4 (“Method B”),

in order to become entitled to count an additional period (“the past period”) as reckonable service.”;

in paragraph (6), sub-paragraph (f) shall be omitted;

for paragraph (8) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:–

“(8)

Where payment is to be made by Method A, the period during which additional contributions are to be paid (“the contribution period”) must satisfy paragraph 2 of Schedule 4.”;

in paragraphs (11) and (12), the words “or C” shall be omitted;

paragraph (13A)^f1 shall be omitted; and

after paragraph (15) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:–

“(16)

The provisions of Part III of Schedule 4 to these Regulations (“Method C”) shall cease to have effect on or after 20th November 2000 except that they shall continue to apply in respect of any election made by a teacher before that date to pay additional contributions in accordance with those provisions.”.