The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

Meaning of “pensionable pay” N.I.

22.—(1) Subject to regulation 23 (assumed pensionable pay), an employee's pensionable pay is the total of—

(a) all the salary, wages, fees and other payments paid to the employee; and

(b) any benefit specified in the employee's contract of employment as being a pensionable emolument.

(2) But an employee's pensionable pay does not include—

(a) any sum which has not had income tax liability determined on it;

(b) any travelling, subsistence or other allowance paid in respect of expenses incurred in relation to the employment;

(c) any payment in consideration of loss of holidays;

(d) any payment in lieu of notice to terminate a contract of employment;

(e) any payment as an inducement not to terminate employment before the payment is made;

(f) any amount treated as the money value to the employee of the provision of a motor vehicle or any amount paid in lieu of such provision;

(g) any payment in consideration of loss of future pensionable payments or benefits;

(h) any award of compensation (excluding any sum representing arrears of pay) for the purpose of achieving equal pay in relation of other employees; F1 ...

(i) any payment made by the employing authority to a member on reserve forces service [F2 leave; or]

[F3 (j) any non-consolidated non-pensionable payment paid to a member as part of an annual pay award.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in reg. 22(2)(h) omitted (18.11.2019) by virtue of The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/206), regs. 1(1), 64(a)

F2 Words in reg. 22(2)(i) substituted (18.11.2019) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/206), regs. 1(1), 64(b)

F3 Reg. 22(2)(j) inserted (18.11.2019) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/206), regs. 1(1), 64(c)