Regulation 136 Payment of member contributionsI1

United Kingdom

(1)

Member contributions are to be deducted by the member’s employer from the member’s pensionable earnings for each pay period.

(2)

A member’s employer—

(a)

may make contributions on the member’s behalf in circumstances determined by the scheme manager; and

(b)

unless paragraph (3)(b) applies, must do so for any period of assumed pay under regulation 27(3)(e) (unpaid leave).

(3)

A member is not required to pay member contributions—

(a)

while the member is on unpaid adoption leave, maternity leave, parental leave, paternity leave or F1shared parental leave; or

(b)

with the employer’s approval, while the member is on unpaid leave.

Annotations

F1: Words in reg. 136(3)(a) substituted (with effect from 1.4.2015) by The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/537), regs. 1(2)(b), 25