The Police Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Rate of member's contributionsN.I.

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169.—(1) An active member of this scheme must pay contributions to this scheme (“member contributions”) on the member's pensionable earnings for each pay period at a rate determined under this regulation (“member contributions rate”).

(2) The member contributions rate during a scheme year mentioned in the table is the percentage set out in column 2F1... of the table which applies to a member's annualised rate of pensionable earnings calculated in relation to each payment of the member's pensionable earnings.

[F2(3) Column 2 sets out the member contributions rate that applies for payment of ill-health benefits under this scheme (“full member contributions rate.”)]

F3(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F5(4)]  The member contributions rate which applies to a member's pensionable earnings is the rate which applies when the payment of pensionable earnings is made.

[F6(5)]  For the purpose of paragraph (6), for any pay period in respect of which the member is taken to receive assumed pay, the assumed pay is taken to be paid the payment of the member's pensionable earnings for that pay period would have been made had the circumstances in regulation 31(2) (assumed pay) which apply to the member not applied.

For each scheme year falling in period beginning 1st April 2015 F7...

Column 1Annualised rate of pensionable earningsColumn 2Full MemberContributions rateF8...
£27,000 or less12.44%F8. . .
More than £27,000 but less than £60,00013.44%F8. . .
£60,000 or more 13.78%.F8. . .

Textual Amendments

F7Words in reg. 169 Table title omitted (retrospective and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending Rule) by virtue of The Police Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/54), regs. 1(2)(b), 8