The Teachers' Superannuation (Additional Voluntary Contributions) (Scotland) Regulations 1992

Election to pay additional voluntary contributions

4.—(1) A person in pensionable employment may at any time elect to pay periodical contributions under these Regulations—

(a)for investment under regulation 9, or

(b)to provide for a lump sum death benefit.

(2) The notice of such an election shall specify—

(a)whether the election relates to paragraph (1)(a) or (b), or both;

(b)the amount of each periodical contribution or, if expressed as a percentage of salary, that percentage;

(c)in relation to periodical contributions for the purpose of investment under regulation 9, the fund or funds in which the contributions are to be invested; and

(d)subject to regulation 7(5), in relation to the provision of a lump sum death benefit, the amount to be secured which must not be less than £5,000.