The Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme) Order 1999

PART D CONTRIBUTIONS

Contributions by participants

D1.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3) and article D3, there shall be deducted from each payment in respect of salary made to a participant 6% of that payment; and all sums so deducted shall be paid into the Fund.

(2) In this article, “salary” means–

(a) in the case of a participating member who is not a participating office holder, his member’s salary;

(b) in the case of a participating office holder who is not a participating member, his office holder’s salary; and

(c) in the case of a participant who is both a participating member and a participating office holder, his member’s salary and his office holder’s salary.

(3) Where a person’s aggregate period of reckonable service as a participating member exceeds that which would give rise to the maximum pension allowed in respect of that person as a participating member under article F4 or F5, no deduction shall be made under this article from payments in respect of his member’s salary.

(4) If any salary from which a deduction is required to be made under this article is not drawn, there shall be set aside, out of moneys available for the payment, a sum equal to the relevant deduction; and any sum so set aside shall be paid into the Fund.

Earnings cap

D2.  Where the annual salary of a participating member as–

(a) a member of the Parliament;

(b) an office holder; or

(c) both a member of the Parliament and an office holder,

exceeds the permitted maximum, the contributions deducted from that annual salary shall be limited to 6% of that permitted maximum and where sub-paragraph (c) applies his contributions under article D1 in respect of his office holder’s salary shall be reduced before his contributions under that article in respect of his member’s salary.

Contributions from Scottish Consolidated Fund

D3.—(1) In respect of each financial year the Parliamentary corporation shall pay a contribution into the Fund out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund.

(2) The amount of that contribution shall be determined from time to time by the Parliamentary corporation on the recommendation of the Government Actuary and shall be expressed as a percentage of the amount of the salaries, attributable to the financial year in question, of the persons described in article C1 or C2, in respect of which those persons contribute to the Fund in relation to that financial year.