PART 1Public service pension schemes
CHAPTER 4General
Restriction of schemes from 31 March 2022
I1I291Prohibition of new arrangements to pay voluntary contributions
1
No arrangements are to be entered into after 31 March 2022 under which voluntary contributions are payable by a member of a relevant scheme to the scheme.
2
In subsection (1) “relevant scheme” means—
a
a Chapter 1 legacy scheme (within the meaning of Chapter 1),
b
a judicial legacy salaried scheme (within the meaning of Chapter 2),
c
a local government legacy scheme (within the meaning of Chapter 3),
d
the Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/182),
e
the Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. (N.I.) 2015 No. 76), or
f
the pension scheme established for certain employees of the Secret Intelligence Service which came into operation on 1 January 1946 and was amended on 1 September 1957 and 1 July 1964.
3
Subsection (1)—
a
does not affect the continued operation after 31 March 2022 of any arrangements entered into on or before that date;
b
does not apply to arrangements entered into by virtue of section 25 or 60 (remedial arrangements to pay voluntary contributions).