# The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014, Regulation 110: Member contributions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Subject to regulations 111 to 113 (contributions during absences), an active member of this scheme must pay contributions to the scheme in respect of a scheme employment at the contribution rate applicable to the annual pensionable pay that member is receiving in the pay period in which 1st April falls for that employment (or in the case of an active member whose membership commences after 1st April in any year, on the annual pensionable pay the member receives at the commencement of that membership).
(2) The contribution rate applicable to a scheme employment is as specified in the following table, with the contribution rate specified in the second column ... to be considered applicable to the band of pensionable pay specified in the first column into which the active member’s annual pensionable pay, rounded down to the nearest whole pound, falls:
For each scheme year beginning on or after 1st April 2026
Annual pensionable pay thresholds
Contribution rate applied to annual pensionable pay
Up to £36,130
11.09%
£36,131 to £45,507
12.59%
£45,408 to £66,908
14.09%
£66,909 to £190,691
15.59%
£190,692 or more
17.09%.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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).
(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.
(3) The amount of pensionable pay of a retained or volunteer firefighter for the purpose of the first column of the table must be that firefighter’s annual pensionable pay.
(4) The amount of pensionable pay of a part-time regular firefighter for the purpose of the first column of the table must be that firefighter’s annual pensionable pay.
(5) Where there is a change in scheme employment, or a material change which affects the member’s pensionable pay in the course of a financial year and the revised amount of the pensionable pay falls into a different contribution rate band the scheme manager must determine that this rate should be applied and the scheme manager must inform the member of the contribution rate applicable and the date from which it is to be applied.
(6) Where the scheme manager has determined under paragraph (5) that a different contribution rate applies, the member must pay contributions at that rate on the pensionable pay that member is receiving at that time.
(7) For the purposes of identifying which is the applicable contribution rate under this regulation, any reduction in pensionable pay which arises as a consequence of any of the following circumstances is to be disregarded—
(a) the actual or assumed enjoyment by the member of any statutory entitlement during any period away from work;
(b) child-related leave;
(c) leave of absence with permission;
(d) sick leave;
(e) leave due to injury;
(f) reserve forces service leave;
(g) absence due to a trade dispute; or
(h) circumstances specified by the scheme manager in a particular case.
(8) In these Regulations, “member contributions” means contributions which an active member may pay under this regulation, and regulations 111 to 113 (contributions during absences from work).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2848/regulation/110 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-england-regulations-2014/regulation-110
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