The Teachers' Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

Pensionable earnings for teachers in grant aided schools and peripatetic teachers N.I.

34.—(1) This regulation applies to an active member (P) who is a teacher mentioned in paragraph 2 or 4 of Schedule 1.

(2) P's pensionable earnings for any pay period are the sum of the following amounts paid in that pay period to P by P's employer in respect of P's pensionable service—

(a) all salary and allowances paid for the performance of P's contractual duties in accordance with a determination;

(b) the amount of any payment in respect of overtime;

(c) any salary or statutory pay paid while P is on sick leave, maternity leave, paternity leave, F1 ... parental leave [F2 shared parental leave] or adoption leave;

(d) an amount equal to any part of P's salary which P has given up the right to receive under a salary sacrifice arrangement.

(3) P's pensionable earnings do not include any amounts mentioned in regulation 36.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 34(2)(c) omitted (5.4.2015) by virtue of The Shared Parental Leave and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/146), arts. 1(3), 23(5)(a) (with art. 25)

F2 Words in reg. 34(2)(c) inserted (15.3.2015) by virtue of The Shared Parental Leave and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/146), arts. 1(2), 23(5)(b)