{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-scottish-parliamentary-pension-scheme-order-1999/article-D1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-scottish-parliamentary-pension-scheme-order-1999/article-D1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1082",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-scottish-parliamentary-pension-scheme-order-1999",
  "path": "article/D1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "D1",
  "heading": "Contributions by participants",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (3) and article D3, there shall be deducted from each payment in respect of salary made to a participant 6% of that payment; and all sums so deducted shall be paid into the Fund.\n(2) In this article, “salary” means–\n(a) in the case of a participating member who is not a participating office holder, his member’s salary;\n(b) in the case of a participating office holder who is not a participating member, his office holder’s salary; and\n(c) in the case of a participant who is both a participating member and a participating office holder, his member’s salary and his office holder’s salary.\n(3) Where a person’s aggregate period of reckonable service as a participating member exceeds that which would give rise to the maximum pension allowed in respect of that person as a participating member under article F4 or F5, no deduction shall be made under this article from payments in respect of his member’s salary.\n(4) If any salary from which a deduction is required to be made under this article is not drawn, there shall be set aside, out of moneys available for the payment, a sum equal to the relevant deduction; and any sum so set aside shall be paid into the Fund.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1082/article/D1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:50:54.717733+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."
}