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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2008/section-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2008/section-39.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/30",
  "legislation_title": "Pensions Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2008",
  "path": "section/39",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Meaning of “relevant contributions”",
  "text": "(1) In sections 37 and 38 “relevant contributions” are—\n(a) in relation to a jobholder, employer contributions payable to a qualifying scheme in relation to the jobholder;\n(b) in relation to a worker to whom section 9 applies, employer contributions payable to a pension scheme which satisfies the requirements of that section.\n(2) In subsection (1), employer contributions means contributions payable by the employer—\n(a) on the employer's own account (but in respect of the worker), or\n(b) on behalf of the worker out of deductions from the worker's earnings.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/30/section/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:33.323762+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."
}