{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-age-amendment-no2-regulations-2006/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-age-amendment-no2-regulations-2006/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2931",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Equality (Age) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-age-amendment-no2-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Lower earnings limit and offsets for state retirement pension",
  "text": "(1) In paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 (admission to schemes), for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—\n“(b) a minimum level of pensionable pay for admission where that minimum—\n(i) does not exceed one and a half times the lower earnings limit;\n(ii) does not exceed an amount calculated by reference to the lower earnings limit where the aim is more or less to reflect the amount of the basic state retirement pension; or\n(iii) does not exceed an amount calculated more or less to reflect the amount of the basic state retirement pension plus the additional state retirement pension;”.\n(2) For paragraph 23 of Schedule 2 (limits on benefits) substitute—\n“23. When determining a member’s pensionable pay by reference to which any age related benefit or death benefit payable to or in respect of a member is calculated, to exclude from the member’s remuneration an amount which—\n(a) does not exceed one and a half times the lower earnings limit;\n(b) does not exceed an amount calculated by reference to the lower earnings limit where the aim is more or less to reflect the amount of the basic state retirement pension; or\n(c) does not exceed an amount calculated more or less to reflect the amount of the basic state retirement pension plus the additional state retirement pension.”.\n(3) After paragraph 23 of Schedule 2 insert—\n“23A. Any difference in the amount of age related benefit or death benefit payable under a scheme to or in respect of members where the difference is attributable to accrual of age related benefit at a higher fraction of pensionable pay for pensionable pay over the upper earnings limit (and a lower fraction of pensionable pay for pensionable pay under the upper earnings limit) where the aim is to reflect the additional state retirement pension.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2931/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:16:35.033214+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}