(1) Subject to this Act, where a person ceases to be an employed contributor or a self-employed contributor -
(a) otherwise than by reason of attaining pensionable age, or
(b) otherwise than, in the case of a person born on or after 1 January 1958, by reason of having been awarded the State pension (contributory) or attaining the age of 70 years,
and the person has qualifying contributions in respect of not less than 520 contribution weeks, he or she shall, on making application in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed period, be entitled to become an insured person paying contributions under this Act voluntarily (in this Act referred to as 'a voluntary contributor').
(1A) In the case of a person who becomes a voluntary contributor paying contributions under this Chapter before 6 April 2013, subsection (1) shall be read as if '260 contribution weeks' were substituted for '520 contribution weeks'.
(1B) In the case of a person who becomes a voluntary contributor paying contribu
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