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Paragraph 9

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

Subject to sub paragraph (3) and paragraph 10, a woman in relation to whom the election conditions are satisfied may elect to pay family benefit contributions in respect of the whole or a part of any reckonable service attributable to a period–

(a)

that ended before 1st April 1972; or

(b)

for which contributions have been paid under regulation C5 or C7,

or attributable to the receipt, before 6th April 1988, of a transfer value.

(2)

Subject to sub-paragraph (3) and paragraph 10, a woman in relation to whom the election conditions are satisfied may elect to pay family benefit contributions in respect of the whole or a part of any reckonable service attributable to a period that–

(a)

began after 31st March 1972 and ended before 6th April 1988; and

(b)

would otherwise not count in calculating any pension becoming payable to her widower.

(3)

Where an election is made in respect of a part only of any service, the part must consist of one or more whole years.

(4)

The election conditions are that she is married, and either–

(a)

is in pensionable employment; or

(b)

ceased after 5th April 1988 and before 1st January 1990 to be so employed and immediately became entitled to payment of retirement benefits.