PART 4Amendment of the National Health Service Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015

General

12.  The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015(1) are amended in accordance with regulations 13 to 15.

Amendment of regulation 30

13.  In regulation 30 (members’ contributions: employees), in paragraph (3)—

(a)after sub-paragraph (d), insert—

;

(e)for the scheme year 2019/20 is the percentage specified in column 2 of Table 5 below in respect of the corresponding pensionable earnings band specified in column 1 into which M’s pensionable earnings fall; and

(b)after Table 4(2), insert—

Table 5

Column 1Column 2
Pensionable earnings bandContribution percentage rate
Up to £17,8645.2%
£17,865 to £23,1125.8%
£23,113 to £28,7477.3%
£28,748 to £53,0259.5%
£53,026 to £75,70312.7%
£75,704 to £116,36013.7%
£116,361 and above14.7%.

Amendment of regulation 31

14.  In regulation 31 (members’ contributions: practitioners and non-GP providers)—

(a)in paragraph (3), after sub-paragraph (d)(3), insert—

;

(e)for the scheme year 2019/20 is the percentage specified in column 2 of Table 5 in paragraph (9) in respect of the corresponding pensionable earnings band specified in column 1 into which M’s pensionable earnings fall; and

(b)in paragraph (9), after Table 4(4), insert—

Table 5

Column 1Column 2
Pensionable earnings bandContribution percentage rate
Up to £17,8645.2%
£17,865 to £23,1125.8%
£23,113 to £28,7477.3%
£28,748 to £53,0259.5%
£53,026 to £75,70312.7%
£75,704 to £116,36013.7%
£116,361 and above14.7%.

Amendment of regulation 32

15.  In regulation 32 (contributions by employing authorities), in paragraph (1), for “14.9%” substitute “20.9%”.

(2)

Table 4 was inserted by regulation 3 of S.S.I. 2017/433.

(3)

Sub-paragraph (d) was inserted by regulation 4 of S.S.I. 2017/433.

(4)

Table 4 was inserted by regulation 4 of S.S.I. 2017/433.