The Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009 (Modifications to the Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Scheme) Resolution 2011

4.  After rule 85, insert—

Revocation of accepted application

85A— (1. This rule applies—

(a) where an MSP member buying added years by monthly instalments revokes the application before paying the last instalment; and

(b) where an office-holder member (who is not an MSP) buying added years by monthly instalments revokes the application before paying the last instalment.

(2) Where this rule applies no more instalments are payable and the individual’s reckonable service as an MSP or, as the case may be, office-holder is increased by a number of added years calculated as follows—

where—

“A” is the number of added years the individual applied to buy,

“B” is the period (in days) in respect of which instalments have been paid, and

“C” is the period (in days) for which instalments would have been paid had the individual remained in the scheme continuously and not revoked the application.”.