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id="section-868-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The contributions may be brought into account for the purposes of this Part only when they are paid.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/4/section/868/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/4/section/868/3" id="section-868-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>For the purposes of this section  “<Term id="term-pension-contributions">pension contributions</Term>” means—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/4/section/868/3/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/4/section/868/3/a" id="section-868-3-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>sums paid by an employer by way of contributions under a registered pension scheme,</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/4/section/868/3/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/4/section/868/3/b" id="section-868-3-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>sums paid to the trustees or managers of such a scheme that are treated as if they were the payment of contributions under the pension scheme (see section 199 of FA 2004), or</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/4/section/868/3/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/4/section/868/3/c" id="section-868-3-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>expenses within section 246(3) of FA 2004 (expenditure on benefits under employer-financed retirement benefits schemes).</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/4/section/868/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/4/section/868/4" id="section-868-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Any adjustment required by this section of an accounting debit that is partly referable to an amount to which this section applies and partly to other matters must be made on a just and reasonable basis.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Chapter></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-073959a1194fbd91e332f79b19042a9d" Type="C"><Para><Text>Pt. 8 modified (1.1.2010) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/3227" id="ci7gqqnb2-00025" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2009" Number="3227" Title="Northern Rock plc (Tax Consequences) Regulations 2009">Northern Rock plc (Tax Consequences) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3227)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="ci7gqqnb2-00026" CitationRef="ci7gqqnb2-00025" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/3227/regulation/1" SectionRef="regulation-1">regs. 1</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="ci7gqqnb2-00027" CitationRef="ci7gqqnb2-00025" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/3227/regulation/6/1" SectionRef="regulation-6-1" Operative="true">6(1)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-2c255c5108376ece0fb09b52b8e9150b" 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