Regulation 2.A.12A Restriction of reckonable pay where the Secretary of State considers the amount is inordinateF1

any variations in the level of the member’s pensionable pay during a period not exceeding ten years and ending with the earlier of the date the member ceases to be in pensionable employment or the date the member dies;

the general level of pensionable pay pertaining in NHS employment for members of the same or an equivalent grade or post during the period under consideration for the purposes of paragraph (a);

promotion and re-grading prospects in NHS employment for members of the same or an equivalent grade or post during the period under consideration for the purposes of paragraph (a);

any other matters the Secretary of State considers relevant.

the difference between the amount which would, but for the determination pursuant to paragraph (1), be the member’s interim reckonable pay and the amount so determined pursuant to that paragraph and adjusted for the purposes of regulation 2.A.11, must be ignored for the purposes of this regulation (“the ignored amount”);

any contributions referable to the ignored amount and paid by the member pursuant to regulation 2.C.1 shall, net of any tax payable, be refunded to that member;

any contributions referable to the ignored amount and paid by the employing authority pursuant to regulation 2.C.5 are to be refunded to that employing authority.