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Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009

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82(1)The reckonable service of any participating member in respect of whom a transfer-in sum is paid into the Pension Fund is to be increased as follows—

(a)where the participating member is an MSP member, the participating member’s reckonable service as an MSP is to be increased by an amount determined by the Fund trustees,

(b)where the participating member is an office-holder member but not an MSP—

(i)the participating member’s reckonable service as an office-holder is to be increased by an amount determined by the Fund trustees, and

(ii)that increase is, for the purposes of rule 39(3), to be attributed to the period in office being served when the transfer-in sum is paid.

(2)The increased period of reckonable service is, for the purposes of rule 38(1) or, as the case may be, 39(3), to be treated as a period during which higher rate scheme member contributions were made.

(3)The Fund trustees must determine the amount by which a participating member’s reckonable service is to be so increased—

(a)as at the date on which the transfer-in sum is paid into the Fund, and

(b)in accordance with guidance and tables prepared by the scheme actuary.

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