2.—(1) A participating member may apply in writing to the Parliamentary corporation to purchase added years by periodical contributions payable until he attains the age of 65 and the Parliamentary corporation shall accept his application if all the following conditions in respect of that application are satisfied:–
(a)the participating member will not at his next birthday after the date of the application have attained the age of 65;
(b)the participating member has satisfied the Parliamentary corporation, in whatever manner the Parliamentary corporation shall require, that he is in good health;
(c)the number of added years which the participating member has applied to purchase does not exceed the maximum permitted by paragraph 8;
(d)the participating member has supplied to the Parliamentary corporation such information and evidence as it may require and has indicated whether his application is made under this sub-paragraph or sub-paragraph (2) below; and
(e)the participating member is, at the date the Parliamentary corporation receives the application, a single mandate member.
(2) A participating member may, within the period of 12 months immediately following the date when he commenced a period of service as a single mandate member, or within such longer period as the Parliamentary corporation may in special circumstances allow, apply in writing to the Parliamentary corporation to purchase added years by the payment of periodical contributions for a period of four or five years and the Parliamentary corporation shall accept his application if, at the date when the Parliamentary corporation receives the application, the participating member has not reached the age of 65 and if the conditions mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b), (c) and (d) above are satisfied in respect of that application.