The Teachers’ Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

Payment of buy-out contributions

34.—(1) A member (P) must—

(a)make the first monthly payment within 2 months after the end of the month in which a buy-out election is accepted; and

(b)continue to make the monthly payments until the end of the contributions payment period.

(2) The final monthly payment is due in the month before the buy-out period has effect.

(3) If the Department re-determines the amount of the monthly payment during the contributions payment period, P must pay the re-determined amount from the beginning of the next financial year.

(4) P is taken to revoke a buy-out election if—

(a)a monthly payment is missed; and

(b)the payment is not made within 3 months after P receives a written demand from the Department.