{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2014/188",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Contributions during absence for illness or injury",
  "text": "(1) An active member away from employment by reason of illness or injury shall pay contributions in accordance with regulations 11 (contributions) or 12 (temporary reduction in contributions) on any pensionable pay received, including statutory pay but that pay does not include any amount that reduces the active member's actual pensionable pay on account of possible entitlement to statutory pay.\n(2) If an active member is absent from employment by reason of illness or injury and is not entitled to receive pensionable pay (including statutory pay) for any period, that active member—\n(a) is treated for the purposes of these Regulations as if that active member had paid contributions for that period under paragraph (1); and\n(b) if that active member has an arrangement under regulation 18 (additional pension contributions) which was entered into prior to the commencement of the period of absence, that active member is treated for the purposes of these Regulations as if that active member had paid contributions under regulation 18.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/188/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:06:17.575135+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."
}