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).