The Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions, Savings and Amendment) Regulations 2014

Contributions

14.—(1) Notwithstanding the revocations effected by regulation 2 of these Regulations (revocation of regulations), the Administration Regulations and the Benefits Regulations continue to have effect so far as is necessary to ensure that where—

(a) a member has a period of absence from work which begins before 1st April 2014 and ends after that date, the period falling before 1st April 2014 is to be dealt with in accordance with those Regulations and the period falling after 31st March 2014 is to be dealt with in accordance with the 2013 Regulations; and

(b) a member receives pensionable pay after 31st March 2014 which relates to a period prior to 1st April 2014, the member’s contributions are payable on the pensionable pay as defined in regulation 4 of the Benefits Regulations (meaning of pensionable pay) at the rate payable under those Regulations, and

any contributions that the member makes after 1st April 2014 in respect of the absence or that pay must be allocated according to the period to which they relate and benefits are accrued accordingly.

(2) A member entitled to a refund of contributions under regulation 18 of the 2013 Regulations (rights to return of contributions) who has paid contributions under the Earlier Schemes and has aggregated the periods in which those contributions were paid with membership of the 2014 Scheme, is entitled to a refund of the contributions paid to the Earlier Schemes in respect of that aggregated membership.