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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-superannuation-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-4/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2005/393",
  "legislation_title": "The Teachers' Superannuation (Scotland) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-superannuation-scotland-regulations-2005",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The contribution period must be one of not less than one year, and begins on the first day of the month following the expiry of a period of one month from the date of acceptance of the election by the Scottish Ministers.\n(2) The contribution period and the past period must be such that A + B does not exceed 15 per cent of his or her contributable salary for the time being, where–\nA is the rate at which the additional contributions are payable; and\nB is the rate at which he or she pays other contributions under Part C (except any treated as employer’s contributions) or towards the provision of a pension otherwise than under these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "ssi/2007/189",
      "affecting_title": "The Teachers' Superannuation (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev in pt",
      "affecting": "ssi/2007/189",
      "affecting_title": "The Teachers' Superannuation (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/393/schedule/4/paragraph/2",
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  "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."
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