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PART 2The Scheme

Payments into the Scheme

Duty of members to make contributions to the Scheme

11.—(1) Where a member receives a notice under regulation 10(3) in respect of a membership year, the member must pay—

(a)the amount due in respect of the member’s first membership year no later than 8 months after the date on which the Secretary of State receives the member’s application to become a member;

(b)the amount due in respect of the member’s second membership year no later than 1st August in that membership year.

(2) Where a member receives a notice under regulation 10(3) in respect of its third or a subsequent membership year, the member must pay the amount due—

(a)in accordance with such arrangements as may be agreed between the Secretary of State and the member (which may include payment in instalments to be made at an agreed time); and

(b)if no agreement is reached by 1st March immediately before the start of that membership year, by such time and in such a manner as the Secretary of State may determine.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), reference to “the first membership year” of a body which is a member of the Scheme is to be construed in accordance with regulation 10(5).