The European Parliamentary (United Kingdom Representatives) Pensions (Consolidation and Amendment) Order 1994

Contributions from salary

5.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5) below, there shall be deducted by the Treasury from each payment of salary to a participant made pursuant to section 1 of the 1979 Act an amount equal to the appropriate percentage thereof by way of contributions towards the cost of providing the pensions payable under this Order.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) the appropriate percentage in the case of a period beginning on or after 1st April 1992 shall be six per cent.

(3) If a participant elects to forego, for any period, the whole or part of his salary as a Representative he shall for the purpose of this Order be deemed to have paid during that period the amounts required by paragraph (1) of this article in respect of the amounts he elects to forego.

(4) Where in respect of any person who became a participant in the scheme on or after 1st June 1989, his annual salary as a Representative exceeds the permitted maximum, the contributions deducted from that annual salary shall be limited to the appropriate percentage (as defined in paragraph (2) above) of that permitted maximum.

(5) Where a participant’s aggregate period of reckonable service exceeds that which would give rise to the maximum pension allowed in respect of that person under article 7(3) or (4) below, no deduction shall be made from his salary under this article.