# The Police Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015, Regulation 31: Pensionable earnings during a period of assumed pay


(1) An active member of this scheme (P) is taken to receive in respect of a period of assumed pay an amount equal to the sum of —
(a) the amount of pensionable earnings that P would have received in respect of the period of assumed pay had the circumstances at paragraph (2) not applied; and
(b) any increase the scheme manager considers appropriate.
(2) For the purpose of these Regulations, “a period of assumed pay” is a period in respect of which any of the following circumstances apply—
(a) P is on reduced pay while on sick leave, paid adoption leave, paid maternity leave, paid parental leave, paid paternity leave, paid maternity support leave or paid adoption support leave;
(b) P is receiving statutory pay;
(c) P is on unpaid maternity leave during the first 26 weeks of maternity leave;
(d) P is absent from duty because of being called out or recalled for permanent service in Her Majesty's armed forces in pursuance of a call-out notice served, or a call-out or recall order made, under the Reserve Forces Act 1996 ;or
(e) P voluntarily surrenders pensionable earnings in whole or in part.
(3) Paragraph (2)(d) does not apply to any period of permanent service during which P is in pensionable service in—
(a) an existing scheme that relates to the armed forces or another scheme under section 1 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 that relates to the armed forces; or
(b) any other occupational pension scheme.
(4) This regulation does not apply to a member who falls within regulation 4(1)(b) or(d).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/113/regulation/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-31
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