The Health and Social Care Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Members’ contributions: practitioners and non-GP providers

31.—(1) This regulation applies to an active member (M) who belongs to group D in regulation 27(1).

(2) M must make contributions to this scheme (“members’ contributions”)—

(a) in respect of M’s pensionable earnings;

(b) at M’s contribution rate for the scheme year in question.

(3) M’s contribution rate for each of the scheme years 2015/16 to 2018/19 is the percentage specified in column 2 of the table in paragraph (9) (“the Table”) in respect of the corresponding pensionable earnings band specified in column 1 of the Table into which the M’s pensionable earnings fall.

(4) The Department must—

(a) With the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel; and

(b) Having considered the advice of the scheme actuary,

determine the pensionable earnings bands and contribution percentage rates in the Table set out in this regulation in respect of each subsequent scheme year.

(5) In determining members’ contributions payable in accordance with this regulation, the RHSCB must take account of pensionable earnings from all practitioner service.

(6) An employing authority that is not the RHSCB, in respect of pensionable earnings it pays to M, must take advice from the RHSCB in determining the contributions payable in accordance with this regulation.

(7) If M is engaged under a contract of service or for services by an employing authority or is a partner or shareholder in an employing authority that is not an OOH provider, the employing authority must—

(a) deduct contributions due under this regulation from any pensionable earnings it pays to M, and

(b) if it is not also the RHSCB, pay the contributions to the RHSCB not later than the 7th day of the month following the month in which the earnings were paid.

(8) In any other case, M must pay members’ contributions to the RHSCB not later than the 7th day of the month following the month in which the earnings were paid.

(9) The Table—

Table: Scheme Year 2015/16 to 2018/19

Column 1 Pensionable earnings band	Column 2 Contribution percentage rate
Up to £15,431	5.0%
£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%

(10) Regulations 37 and 38 and Schedule 10 make provision supplementary to this regulation and references in those regulations to the Table must be construed in accordance with paragraph (3).