Amendments to the Teachers’ Pensions Regulations 201011

1

Schedule 3 (employees’ and employers’ contributions) is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph 1 (interpretation), for sub-paragraph (b), substitute—

b

“the initial contribution period” means the contribution period which is current when these Regulations come into force;

3

In paragraph 2, for sub-paragraph (2), substitute—

2

The percentage rate for an employee’s contribution under regulation 18 (teachers’ ordinary contributions) for the initial contribution period is—

a

for each month during which the employee is in full-time pensionable employment, the rate set out in the table which is applicable to the employee’s annual contributable salary for that month; and

b

for each month during which the employee is in part-time pensionable employment, the rate set out in the table which is applicable to the full-time equivalent of the employee’s annual contributable salary for that month.

Table

Annual contributable salary

Rate

Below £15,000

£15,000 to £25,999

£26,000 to £31,999

£32,000 to £39,999

£40,000 to £74,999

£75,000 to £111,999

£112,000 and above

6.4%

7.0%

7.3%

7.6%

8.0%

8.4%

8.8%