SCHEDULE 7 INCOMPLETE PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS

9.—(1) This paragraph applies where a teacher is continuing to pay contributions to purchase past added years in accordance with paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 and–

(a) before the end of the contribution period they cease to be payable; and

(b) he or she does not make a lump sum payment under paragraph 5 of Schedule 5.

(2) Subject to sub paragraph (3), the person is entitled to count as reckonable service.

where–

• A is the period in respect of which the contributions were being paid;

• B is the number of instalments he or she has paid; and

• C is the number of instalments he or she would have paid if the contributions had not ceased to be payable.

(3) Where the contributions cease to be payable by reason of the teacher–

(a) dying; or

(b) becoming incapacitated before attaining the age of 60,

he or she is entitled to count as reckonable service the whole of the period in respect of which the contributions were being paid.