Minimum contributions towards appropriate personal pension schemesN.I.
135.—(1) Section 41 of the Pension Schemes Act (minimum contribution to personal pension schemes) is amended as setout in paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) For subsection (1) substitute—
“(1) In relation to any tax week falling within a period for which the Department is required to pay minimum contributions in respect of an earner, the amount of those contributions shall be an amount equal to the appropriate age-related percentage of so much of the earnings paid in that week (other than earnings in respect of contracted-out employment) as exceeds the current lower earnings limit but not the current upper earnings limit for that week (or the prescribed equivalents if he is paid otherwise than weekly).” .
(3) Subsection (2) is omitted.
(4) In subsection (3)(e), the words following “prescribed period” are omitted.
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F1Art. 135(5) repealed (6.4.2012) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 1), ss. 13(4), 19(5), Sch. 6 Pt. 6; S.R. 2012/115, art. 2