{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2008/regulation-2.C.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2008/regulation-2.C.2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/653",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/2.C.2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2.C.2",
  "heading": "Contribution rate for members other than non-GP providers",
  "text": "(1) Contributions under regulation 2.C.1(1)(a) must be paid at the member’s contribution rate for the scheme year in question.\n(2) A member’s contribution rate for each scheme year from 2015-16 is the percentage specified in column 2 of the following table in respect of the corresponding pensionable pay band specified in column 1 of that table into which the member’s pensionable pay falls.\nTable:\nScheme Years from 2015-16\nColumn 1\nPensionable Pay Band\nColumn 2\nContribution Percentage Rate\nUp to £15,431\n5%\n£15,432 to £21,477\n5.6%\n£21,478 to £26,823\n7.1%\n£26,824 to £47,845\n9.3%\n£47,846 to £70,630\n12.5%\n£70,631 to £111,376\n13.5%\n£111,377 to any higher amount\n14.5%\n(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) The Secretary of State shall, with the consent of the Treasury, determine the pensionable pay bands and contribution percentage rates specified in the tables set out in this regulation in respect of each scheme year.\n(4) Before determining those pensionable pay bands or contribution percentage rates, the Secretary of State must consider the advice of the Scheme actuary.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 2.C.2 substituted (23.7.2010) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1634), regs. 1(2), 11 (with reg. 18)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 2.C.2(2) substituted (1.4.2015) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme, Injury Benefits and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/96), regs. 1(2), 22(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2.C.2(2) substituted (1.4.2019) by The National Health Service Pension Schemes, Additional Voluntary Contributions and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/418), regs. 1(2), 45(a) (with reg. 108)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 2.C.2(2) Table heading substituted (1.4.2019) by The National Health Service Pension Schemes, Additional Voluntary Contributions and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/418), regs. 1(2), 45(b) (with reg. 108)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 2.C.2(2A) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of The National Health Service Pension Scheme, Injury Benefits and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/96), regs. 1(2), 22(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2.C.2(3) substituted (with effect from 1.4.2013) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1414), regs. 1(2), 6(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Reg. 2.C.2(4) substituted (1.4.2013) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme, Additional Voluntary Contributions and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/413), regs. 1(2), 32(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Reg. 2.C.2(5) omitted (1.4.2012) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/610), regs. 1(2), 12(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/653/regulation/2.C.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:34:22.381913+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."
}