The Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme) Order 1999

Earnings cap

D2.  Where the annual salary of a participating member as–

(a)a member of the Parliament;

(b)an office holder; or

(c)both a member of the Parliament and an office holder,

exceeds the permitted maximum, the contributions deducted from that annual salary shall be limited to 6% of that permitted maximum and where sub-paragraph (c) applies his contributions under article D1 in respect of his office holder’s salary shall be reduced before his contributions under that article in respect of his member’s salary.