PART 2BENEFITS FOR OFFICERS

CHAPTER 1INTRODUCTION

Reckonable pay

Restriction on pensionable pay used for calculating benefits in respect of capped transferred-in service17

1

This regulation applies for determining the amount of a member's pensionable pay for the purposes of calculating so much of any benefit under F1this Section of the Scheme as falls to be calculated by reference to capped transferred-in service.

2

If a member's pensionable pay exceeds the permitted maximum, the excess is disregarded for the purposes of any such calculation as is mentioned in paragraph (1).

3

In this regulation “permitted maximum” means—

a

in relation to the tax year 2008-09, £117,600, and

b

in relation to any later tax year, the figure found for that year under paragraphs (5) and (6).

4

If the retail prices index for the month of September preceding the tax year 2009-10 or any later tax year is higher than it was for the previous September, the figure for that year is an amount arrived at by—

a

increasing the figure for the previous tax year by the same percentage as the percentage increase in the retail prices index, and

b

if the result is not a multiple of £600, rounding it up to the nearest amount which is such a multiple.

5

If the retail prices index for the month of September preceding the tax year 2009-10 or any later tax year is not higher than it was for the previous September, the figure for that year is the same as for the previous tax year.

6

In this regulation—

a

capped transferred-in service” has the meaning given by regulation 104; and

b

pensionable pay” has the meaning given by regulation 13.