37. In regulation 34 (employer’s contributions)—
(a)in the heading for “Employer’s” substitute “Contributing body’s”;
(b)in paragraph (1)—
(i)for “An employing authority” substitute “A contributing body”; and
(ii)for “employing authority” substitute “contributing body”;
(c)in paragraph (2) for “an employing authority” substitute “a contributing body”;
(d)in paragraph (3) for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a)where the contributing body employs active members of the Scheme, be paid at the end of the intervals determined under regulation 37 (payments by employing authorities to the Committee) and where the contributing body does not employ active members of the Scheme, be paid at intervals of not greater than 12 months as the Committee may determine; and”; and
(e)for paragraph (4) substitute—
“(4) A contributing body’s contribution for any year is the sum of—
(a)the common percentage of the pay on which contributions have during that year been paid to the fund or admission agreement fund under regulation 14 (contributions during child-related leave), 15 (contributions during reserve forces service leave) or 17 (contributions during absences with permission) of these Regulations or regulation 3 (contributions payable by active members) of the Benefits Regulations by employees who are active members (which may be a nil amount); and
(b)any individual adjustment specified for that contributing body for that year or as the case may be, guarantor in the rates and adjustments certificate (which may be positive or negative and which may be expressed as an adjustment to the common percentage rate or a separate absolute amount).”.