17Purchase of certain periods of service

17 Purchase of certain periods of service

(1)  A contributor who –

(a) immediately before becoming a contributor, was a student teacher, cadet, apprentice or a trainee of any other kind employed in an Agency; or

(b) immediately before becoming a contributor, was an employee within the meaning of these regulations or the former superannuation legislation; or

(c) elected not to make, while on parental leave, contributions under –

(i) regulation 25(1)(b) or regulation 25(4) ; or

(ii) the provision, of any of the former regulations, that corresponds most closely to regulation 25(1)(b) or regulation 25(4) ; or

(d) has not made contributions while on long leave of absence without pay in accordance with regulation 26 of these regulations, regulation 30 of the Retirement Benefits Regulations 1994 or regulation 39 of the Retirement Benefits Regulations 2005; or

(e) had been a member of the contributory scheme, or of the contributory scheme under the former superannuation legislation, but had ceased to be a member; or

(f) had, as a married female employee, elected not to pay contributions or had not been obliged to make contributions; or

(g) had previously been exempted from making contributions to the contributory scheme under the former superannuation legislation –

may, by notice in writing to the Commission, elect that the contributor's period or periods of non-contributory or prior service, or a specified part of that period or those periods, be recognised as service for the purposes of this Part.

(2)  An existing contributor whose service has been reduced in accordance with clause 2 or 3 of Part 3 of Schedule 3 may, by notice in writing to the Commission, elect that the contributor's period or periods of reduced service or any specified part of that service be recognised as service for the purposes of these regulations.