The Transport Act 2000 (Civil Aviation Authority Pension Scheme) Order 2001

Suspending or reducing contributions

23.7  If a report from the Actuary discloses a surplus in the CAA Section at any date sufficient to permit the suspension or reduction of contributions, the Sponsoring Section Employer may, as an arrangement to be made in accordance with the provisions of Rule 10.3 and subject always to the provisions of the Pensions Act 1995, authorise the suspension or reduction of payment of contributions to the CAA Section under Rule 23.2 and/or under Rule 23.1 above for a period not exceeding forty years from the date at which the surplus arose. Any suspension of contributions in accordance with this paragraph shall not be regarded as a termination of liability to contribute to the CAA Section as described in Rule 44.

A suspension or reduction of contributions payable to the CAA Section under Rule 23.1 by one or more Members specified by the Sponsoring Section Employer may be authorised by the Sponsoring Section Employer upon the basis that there shall be a corresponding increase in the contributions payable to the CAA Section by the Employer for such period as the Actuary shall advise. The contributions of a Member which have been suspended or reduced in accordance with this paragraph may be increased as determined by the Sponsoring Section Employer but not to a level greater than the level of the Member’s ordinary contributions applicable under Rule 23.1.