The Health and Personal Social Services (Superannuation), Health and Social Care (Pension Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Substitution of regulation 27

11.  For regulation 27 (Contributions by members), substitute—

“27     Contributions by members

(1) Each active member must make contributions to this Section of the Scheme (“member contributions”) in respect of—

(a) the member’s pensionable pay in accordance with regulation 28 where the member is not a non-GP provider;

(b) the member’s pensionable earnings in accordance with regulation 30 where the member is a non-GP provider.

(2) Member contributions must be made—

(a) until the member completes 45 years’ pensionable service, or

(b) where the notice required by regulation 7(3) has been properly received, until the member ceases officer service.

(3) In the case of a member who is not a non-GP Provider, the member’s employing authority must deduct member contributions from the member’s pensionable pay and pay them to the Department not later than the 19th day of the month following the month in which the pay was paid to the member.

(4) In the case of a member who is a non-GP Provider, the host Board must pay to the Department contributions under this regulation paid to it by the non-GP provider or paid to it by another employing authority not later than the 19th day of the month following the month in which the earnings were paid to the non-GP Provider.

(5) Paragraph (6) applies where a member has failed to pay member contributions or an employing authority has failed to deduct such contributions in accordance with this regulation.

(6) The Department may recover any sum that remains due in respect of contributions referred to in paragraph (5) by deduction from any payment by way of benefits to, or in respect of, the member if—

(a) the member agrees to such a deduction; and

(b) the deduction is to the member’s advantage.

(7) Paragraph (6) is without prejudice to any other method of recovery the Department may have.

(8) A member who is absent from service in circumstances within regulation 9(1) to (3), may make contributions to this Section of the Scheme in respect of the member’s pensionable pay or, as the case may be, pensionable earnings in accordance with that regulation and whichever of regulation 28 or 30 applies to that member.

(9) If, apart from this paragraph, the pay or, as the case may be, earnings for a scheme year in respect of a member’s service would not be a whole number of pounds, that pay or, as the case may be, those earnings must be rounded down to the nearest whole pound.”.