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The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 2000
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- 2000 No. 619
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4.—(1) Contributions under these Regulations may be made by way of—
(a)periodical payments on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, or any other basis, depending upon when the contributor’s salary is paid; or
(b)a single payment.
(2) The contributor’s employer may deduct any amount payable by the contributor from the contributor’s salary.
(3) Deductions from salary made in accordance with paragraph (2) above—
(a)shall commence in respect of the first whole pay period falling after the date when the employer receives authorisation from the authorised provider to make the deductions;
(b)shall be remitted to the Secretary of State—
(i)as soon as is reasonably practicable; or
(ii)in the case of deductions to be made on or after the date on which these Regulations come into force, no later than 7 days after their deduction.
[F1(4) In any period of 12 months beginning on 6th April in any year the total contributions payable by the contributor shall not exceed 100 per cent of the amount which represents the contributor’s salary from NHS employment less the total of any contributions paid by the contributor in respect of that year—
F2(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)under the [F3[F41995 Regulations, 2008 Regulations or the 2015 Regulations] (as the case may be)].]
[F5(4A) In this regulation—
“employer” has the same meaning as “employing authority” in the [F61995 Regulations, 2008 Regulations or the 2015 Regulations] (as the case may be) and, where the context requires, includes a host F7... Board (as defined in the relevant Regulations); and
“salary” includes pensionable pay and pensionable earnings (within the meaning of the [F61995 Regulations, 2008 Regulations or the 2015 Regulations] (as the case may be)).]
F8(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 4(4) substituted (6.4.2006) by The National Health Service (Pension Scheme, Injury Benefits and Additional Voluntary Contributions) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/600), regs. 1(2)(b), 28(2)
F2Reg. 4(4)(a) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of The National Health Service Pension Scheme, Injury Benefits and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/96), regs. 1(2), 56(2)(a)
F3Words in reg. 4(4)(b) substituted (1.4.2008) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Additional Voluntary Contributions) and National Health Service (Injury Benefits and Compensation for Premature Retirement) Amendment Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/655), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(a)
F4Words in reg. 4(4)(b) substituted (1.4.2015) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme, Injury Benefits and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/96), regs. 1(2), 56(2)(b)
F5Reg. 4(4A) inserted (1.4.2008) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Additional Voluntary Contributions) and National Health Service (Injury Benefits and Compensation for Premature Retirement) Amendment Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/655), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(b)
F6Words in reg. 4(4A) substituted (1.4.2015) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme, Injury Benefits and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/96), regs. 1(2), 56(3)
F7Words in reg. 4(4A) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The National Health Service Pension Scheme, Additional Voluntary Contributions and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/413), regs. 1(2), 79
F8Reg. 4(5) omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of The National Health Service (Pension Scheme, Injury Benefits and Additional Voluntary Contributions) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/600), regs. 1(2)(b), 28(3)
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I1Reg. 4 in force at 10.4.2000, see reg. 1(2)
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