# The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions Regulations 2014, Regulation 135: Amount of pensionable earnings

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) For the purpose of regulation 134, the amount of a member’s pensionable earnings for any pay period is determined in accordance with this regulation.
(2) Unless paragraph (3) or (4) applies, the amount of the member’s pensionable earnings during any period of assumed pay is equal to the member’s assumed pay.
(3) For any period of assumed pay under regulation 27(3)(a), the amount of the member’s pensionable earnings is equal to the member’s reduced pay while on sick leave.
(4) For any period of assumed pay under regulation 27(3)(b) or (c), the amount of the member’s pensionable earnings is the amount of contractual remuneration or statutory pay actually paid to or for the member in respect of the period of adoption leave, maternity leave, parental leave, paternity leave or shared parental leave.
(5) For the purpose of regulation 134, when calculating a member’s annualised rate of pensionable earnings, the amount of a payment of a member’s pensionable earnings for a pay period excludes any amounts paid to the member in that pay period in the form of arrears of, or back-dated, pensionable earnings.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1964/regulation/135 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-civil-servants-and-others-pensions-regulations-2014/regulation-135
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