{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-england-amendment-order-2014/schedule/paragraph-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-england-amendment-order-2014/schedule/paragraph-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/445",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) (Amendment) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-england-amendment-order-2014",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Annex AB1 – pension contributions for special members",
  "text": "After Annex A1, insert—\n“Annex AB1\nPension contributions for special members\nPart 11, rule 3(1A)\n1. The rate of the pension contribution mentioned in rule 3(1A) of Part 11 is that specified in the Table below by reference to the amount of the pensionable pay of the special firefighter member in the first column of the Table and by reference to the appropriate period.\n2. The amount of pensionable pay of a retained firefighter for the purpose of the first column of the Table shall be that firefighter’s reference pay.\n3. The amount of pensionable pay of a part-time regular firefighter for the purpose of the first column of the Table shall be the amount of pensionable pay of a whole-time regular firefighter of equivalent role and length of service.\n4. Where there has been a permanent material change to the terms and conditions of a firefighter member’s employment which affects his pensionable pay, from the date of that change pensionable pay shall be calculated by reference to the revised amount.\n5. In relation to any period before 1st July 2013, pensionable pay in the first column of the Table below does not include any payments made to a special firefighter member by the authority in respect of his continual professional development, but those payments shall be included in his pensionable pay for the purposes of the application of the rate specified in the second or third column, as the case may be.\n6. In relation to any period which commences on or after 1st July 2013, pensionable pay in the first column of the Table below does not include any payments made to a special firefighter member by the authority in respect of any benefits which are pensionable under rule 7B(1) of Part 3, but those payments shall be included in his pensionable pay for the purposes of the application of the rate specified in the second or third column, as the case may be.\nPensionable pay\nContribution rate from 1st April 2012 to 31st March 2013 (percentage of pensionable pay)\nContribution rate from 1st April 2013 to 31st March 2014 (percentage of pensionable pay)\nContribution rate from 1st April 2014 (percentage of pensionable pay)\nUp to and including £15,000\n11.0%\n11.0%\n11.0%\nMore than £15,000 and up to and including £21,000\n11.6%\n11.9%\n12.2%\nMore than £21,000 and up to and including £30,000\n11.6%\n12.9%\n14.2%\nMore than £30,000 and up to and including £40,000\n11.7%\n13.2%\n14.7%\nMore than £40,000 and up to and including £50,000\n11.8%\n13.5%\n15.2%\nMore than £50,000 and up to and including £60,000\n11.9%\n13.7%\n15.5%\nMore than £60,000 and up to and including £100,000\n12.2%\n14.1%\n16.0%\nMore than £100,000 and up to and including £120,000\n12.5%\n14.5%\n16.5%\nMore than £120,000\n13.0%\n15.0%\n17.0%\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/445/schedule/paragraph/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:25:21.579843+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."
}