The National Health Service Pension Scheme, Injury Benefits and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Amendment of Schedule 2

15.—(1) Schedule 2 (medical and dental practitioners) is amended as follows.

(2) For sub-paragraph (1A) of paragraph 10 (contributions to this Section of the scheme)(1), substitute—

“(1A) For the purposes of this paragraph, the “relevant table” means—

(a) in respect of the 2014-2015 scheme year, table 1;

(b) in respect of the 2015-2016 to 2018-2019 scheme years, table 2.

Table 1:

Scheme Year 2014-2015

Column 1 Pensionable Earnings Band	Column 2 Contribution Percentage Rate
Up to £15,431	5%
£15,432 to £21,477	5.6%
£21,478 to £26,823	7.1%
£26,824 to £49,472	9.3%
£49,473 to £70,630	12.5%
£70,631 to £111,376	13.5%
£111,377 to any higher amount	14.5%

Table 2:

Scheme Years 2015-2016 to 2018-2019

Column 1 Pensionable Earnings Band	Column 2 Contribution Percentage rate
Up to £15,431	5%
£15,432 to £21,477	5.6%
£21,478 to £26,823	7.1%
£26,824 to £47,845	9.3%
£47,846 to £70,630	12.5%
£70,631 to £111,376	13.5%
£111,377 to any higher amount	14.5%”.

(3) In sub-paragraph (2N)—

(a) omit “that member has”;

(b) in paragraph (a), before “in accordance with” insert “that member has”.

(1)

Paragraph (1A) was substituted by regulation 16 of S.I. 2014/570.