PART 1PENSION SCHEME MEMBERSHIP FOR JOBHOLDERS
CHAPTER 1EMPLOYERS' DUTIES
Quality requirements
Quality requirement: UK money purchase schemes20
(1)
A money purchase scheme that has its main administration in the United Kingdom satisfies the quality requirement in relation to a jobholder if under the scheme—
(a)
the jobholder's employer must pay contributions in respect of the jobholder;
(b)
the employer's contribution, however calculated, must be equal to or more than 3% of the amount of the jobholder's qualifying earnings in the relevant pay reference period;
(c)
the total amount of contributions paid by the jobholder and the employer, however calculated, must be equal to or more than 8% of the amount of the jobholder's qualifying earnings in the relevant pay reference period.
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(3)
A scheme does not fail to satisfy the quality requirement under this section merely because the trustees or managers of the scheme may on any occasion refuse to accept a contribution below an amount prescribed for the purposes of this section on the grounds that it is below that amount.