PART 3Scheme membership

CHAPTER 3Pensionable service

SECTION 1General provisions

Service not pensionable unless member is entitled to pay22

1

A person (P) in an eligible employment is not in pensionable service in relation to that employment unless P is entitled to be paid—

a

P’s salary in respect of that employment;

b

if P is on adoption leave, maternity leave, parental leave, paternity leave or additional paternity leave—

i

at least half P’s salary in respect of that employment; or

ii

statutory pay; or

c

if P is on sick leave, at least half P’s salary in respect of that employment.

2

P is not in pensionable service in relation to an employment during a period of non-pensionable family leave, non-pensionable sick leave or unpaid leave from that employment.

Service not pensionable unless members’ contributions are paid23

1

The scheme manager may decide that a period of service in respect of which a member’s contributions are not paid is not a period of pensionable service if—

a

the scheme manager has sent the member a demand under regulation 188 (“the demand”) in respect of those contributions; and

b

within 3 years after the date of the demand, the member has not paid the whole of the amount and interest stated in the demand.

2

The period of service is not a period of pensionable service if the scheme manager—

a

gives the member written notice to that effect; and

b

repays the member any amount paid in part satisfaction of the demand.