PART 9Contributions
CHAPTER 2Employees’ contributions
Contributions payable during a period of permanent service in the armed forces181
1
This regulation applies if—
a
an election under regulation 25 has effect in respect of a period of permanent service; and
b
the member (P) pays contributions by monthly payments.
2
Unless paragraph (3) applies, the amount of P’s contributions in respect of any pay period that falls within the period of permanent service is the total of—
a
the amount of standard contributions payable in respect of P’s notional salary; and
b
any contributions under Schedule 2 payable monthly.
3
This paragraph applies if during the period of permanent service P’s permanent service pay, when aggregated with any payments under Part 5 of the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 195132 (“aggregated pay”), is less than the amount of P’s notional salary for that period.
4
If paragraph (3) applies—
a
the amount of P’s aggregated pay in a pay period is taken to be the amount of P’s pensionable earnings for that period; and
b
P’s contributions in that period are payable at the standard contributions rate.