7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a regular police officer shall pay to the police authority pension contributions at the rate of–
(a)in a case where the officer is ineligible under regulation 8 for a pension award payable on the ground of permanent disablement, 6 per cent of that officer’s pensionable pay; and
(b)in any other case, 9.5 per cent of that officer’s pensionable pay.
(2) The pension contributions payable under paragraph (1) upon each instalment of pay shall fall due at the same time as the instalment and may, without prejudice to any other method of payment that may be agreed by the police authority in exceptional circumstances, be discharged by way of a deduction of the appropriate amount made by the police authority from the instalment.
(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of a regular police officer who has made an election under regulation 9 which is, for the time being, in effect.