Members on authorised unpaid leave
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8. Where, on the date a person becomes eligible to join the new scheme, that person is on a leave of absence during which they are paying contributions pursuant to regulation P2 of the 1995 Regulations or 2.A.4(3) or 3.A.4(3) of the 2008 Regulations—
(a)regulation 21 of the 2015 Regulations applies to that person; and
(b)for the purposes of determining whether and for how long that person may continue to pay contributions under the 2015 Regulations, the contributions paid and the period of absence under the old scheme must be taken into account.