PART 9

Contributions
CHAPTER 2

Members' contributions

Members' contributions
185
1
For each eligible employment in respect of which an active member (P) is in pensionable employment during a pay period, P must pay contributions (“members' contributions”) on P's pensionable earnings in that pay period at the rate determined under this regulation (“members' contributions rate”).
2
The members' contributions rate for an eligible employment is the rate in Column 2 of the table which corresponds to the band which includes the salary for that employment in Column 1.
3
The salary bands in Column 1 are increased for each financial year, if there is a relevant increase in the consumer prices index for that financial year, by the appropriate percentage for the financial year, rounded up to the nearest £1.
4
There is a relevant increase in the consumer prices index for a financial year if the consumer prices index for the month of September before that financial year is higher than that for the previous September.
5
The appropriate percentage for the tax year is the same percentage as the percentage increase in the consumer prices index.
6
In this regulation, “consumer prices index” means the all items consumer prices index published by the Statistics Board, a body corporate established by section 1 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 .

Table
Column 1 Salary for the eligible employment for the financial year 2015-16 | Column 2 Members' contribution rate
£0 - £25,999 | 7.40%
£26,000 - £34,999 | 8.87%
£35,000 to £41,499 | 9.90%
£41,500 to £54,999 | 10.52%
£55,000 to £74,999 | 11.65%
£75,000 or above | 12.06%
2007 c.18.
Words in reg. 185 Table substituted (1.4.2025) by The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/42), regs. 1, 2(2)