Payment of member contributions for unpaid leave
173.—(1) Within 6 months after receiving a notice under regulation 172(6) (“payment period”), the member must pay to the scheme manager the full amount stated in that notice.
(2) If the member leaves eligible service before the full amount is paid, the member must pay the balance within 2 months after leaving eligible service, as long as this falls within the payment period.
(3) The amount may be paid by—
(a)a lump sum payment made by the member; or
(b)instalments deducted by the member’s employer from the member’s pay.
(4) If the full amount is not paid by the end of the payment period, the scheme manager taking into account the unpaid amount must determine the period of unpaid leave in respect of which the member is taken to receive pensionable earnings.
(5) The member is taken to have paid the full amount if—
(a)the member dies within the payment period; or
(b)the member dies—
(i)before the end of the 3 month period beginning with the day on which the member returns to work; and
(ii)before giving notice under regulation 172(3).