{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-england-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/277",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-england-amendment-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment to the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 110 (member contributions) of the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014 is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (2)—\n(a) omit “for the year”;\n(b) for “appropriate” substitute “second”;\n(c) for the tables substitute—\n“\nFor each scheme year beginning on or after 1st April 2026\nAnnual pensionable pay thresholds\nContribution rate applied to annual pensionable pay\nUp to £36,130\n11.09%\n£36,131 to £45,507\n12.59%\n£45,408 to £66,908\n14.09%\n£66,909 to £190,691\n15.59%\n£190,692 or more\n17.09%.\n”.\n(3) After paragraph (2) insert—\n“(2A) The figures in the column headed “Annual pensionable pay thresholds” in the table in paragraph (2) above are to be increased on 1st April 2027 and on 1st April of each subsequent year, if there is a relevant increase in the consumer prices index or, should the Secretary of State decide, any other index of the general level of prices in the United Kingdom, by the appropriate percentage for the scheme year rounded up to the nearest £100.\n(2B) For the purposes of paragraph (2A), where there is a relevant increase after 1st April 2027, the figures to be increased on the relevant date are the figures applicable to the previous scheme year.\n(2C) There is a relevant increase in the consumer prices index or any other index of the general level of prices in the United Kingdom for a scheme year if the index for the month of September before that scheme year is higher than that for the previous September.\n(2D) The appropriate percentage for the scheme year is the same percentage as any percentage increase in the consumer prices index or any other index of the general level of prices in the United Kingdom decided by the Secretary of State over the period specified by paragraph (2C).\n(2E) For the purposes of paragraphs (2A)-(2D), “consumer prices index” means the general index of consumer prices (for all items) published by the Statistics Board.”.\n(4) In paragraph (3) for “reference pay” substitute “annual pensionable pay”.\n(5) In paragraph (4) for “the amount of pensionable pay of a whole-time regular firefighter of equivalent role and length of service” substitute “that firefighter’s annual pensionable pay”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2014/2848, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The Statistics Board is established under section 1 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (c. 18)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/277/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:04:23.249276+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."
}