{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-amendment-no2-regulations-2014/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1607",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-amendment-no2-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation D3",
  "text": "(1) Regulation D3 (further contributions by employing authorities in respect of excessive pay increases), is amended as follows.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (3)—\n(i) for paragraph (i), substitute—\n“(i) the aggregate of 4.5% and the percentage (if any) by which the consumer prices index for the February before the start of Year 1 is higher than it was for the previous February, and”;\n(ii) in paragraph (ii), before “Year 1” insert “for”.\n(3) In sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (4)—\n(i) for paragraph (i), substitute—\n“(i) the aggregate of 4.5% and the percentage (if any) by which the consumer prices index for the February before the start of Year 2 is higher than it was for the previous February, and”;\n(ii) in paragraph (ii), before “Year 2” insert “for”.\n(4) For sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (5), substitute—\n“(b) the member’s pensionable pay for the year immediately preceding Year 3 increased by the aggregate of 4.5% and the percentage (if any) by which the consumer prices index for the February before the start of Year 3 is higher than it was for the previous February.”.\n(5) In Step 6 (a) in paragraph (6), for “Amount C” substitute “Amount D”.\n(6) For paragraph (17), substitute—\n“(17) For the purposes of this regulation an increase in pensionable pay during Year 3, Year 2 or, as the case may be, Year 1 is to be ignored where the Secretary of State is satisfied it arises as a result of—\n(a) the member taking up a new employment with a new employer: provided the Secretary of State is satisfied that the employer in question is a new employer;\n(b) the ending of a salary sacrifice arrangement made before 1st April 2014: for these purposes a salary sacrifice arrangement is one under which the member gives up the right to receive an amount of pensionable pay in return for the provision of a benefit in kind including, but not limited to, a benefit consisting of a motor car or other vehicle, meals, care or vouchers.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation D3 was inserted by regulation 8 of S.I. 2014/570."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1607/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:12:33.137524+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."
}