THE STATES, in pursuance of Article 42 of the Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005[1], have made the following Regulations –

“(3)    If a politically eligible States’ employee who is required to make contributions under any pension scheme established under the Public Employees (Retirement) (Jersey) Law 1967 or the Teachers’ Superannuation (Jersey) Law 1979 is granted unpaid special leave under paragraph (2) –

(a)     notwithstanding any requirement of the pension scheme, neither the employee nor his or her employer shall make contributions under the pension scheme during the period described in paragraph (2); and

(b)     the period described in paragraph (2) shall be disregarded in determining the employee’s period of pensionable service for the purposes of the pension scheme.”.