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33.  In this Chapter—

notional pensionable earnings” means the amount by which a member's pensionable earnings are reduced during—

(a)

a period of sick leave (other than a period of non-pensionable sick leave); or

(b)

a period of adoption leave, maternity leave, parental leave, [F1shared parental leave [F2, parental bereavement leave] [F3,]] paternity leave [F4or carer’s leave] F5... (other than a period of non-pensionable family leave);

notional salary”, in relation to a period of permanent service in respect of which an election under regulation 26 has effect or is taken to have effect, means P's pensionable earnings for the pay period immediately before the period of permanent service began, increased by—

(a)

the amount (if any) of any standard increase applied in relation to P's eligible employment during P's period of permanent service; and

(b)

the amount (if any) by which those pensionable earnings together with any standard increase would have been increased if they had been an official pension within the meaning of section 5(1) of PIA 1971 beginning, and first qualifying for increases under that Act, on the day after the day on which the period of permanent service began;

residential accommodation” means residential accommodation provided to a person (P) in connection with P's employment;

residential benefits in kind” means—

(a)

any residential accommodation provided to a person (P);

(b)

any heat, lighting or water provided free in respect of residential accommodation; and

(c)

any council tax paid on P's behalf in respect of residential accommodation;

salary sacrifice arrangement” means—

(a)

if a person (P) is a school teacher, an arrangement specified in a pay order under which P gives up the right to receive part of P's salary in return for P's employer agreeing to provide P with benefits in kind as specified in the pay order;

(b)

if P is not a school teacher, an arrangement of the type mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) in which P's employer agrees to provide P with benefits in kind of an identical description to those specified in a pay order;

school teacher” means a school teacher for the purpose of section 122 of EA 2002; and

standard increase” means an increase in pensionable earnings that—

(a)

is applied generally to employees in P's position under a pay order or by P's employer; and

(b)

is unrelated to any change in P's duties or hours of work or otherwise to the particular circumstances of P's case.

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