# The Teachers' Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014, Regulation 185: Members' contributions


(1) For each eligible employment in respect of which an active member (P) is in pensionable employment during a pay period, P must pay contributions (“members' contributions”) on P's pensionable earnings in that pay period at the rate determined under this regulation (“members' contributions rate”).
(2) The members' contributions rate for an eligible employment is the rate in Column 2 of the table which corresponds to the band which includes the salary for that employment in Column 1.
(3) The salary bands in Column 1 are increased for each financial year, if there is a relevant increase in the consumer prices index for that financial year, by the appropriate percentage for the financial year, rounded up to the nearest £1.
(4) There is a relevant increase in the consumer prices index for a financial year if the consumer prices index for the month of September before that financial year is higher than that for the previous September.
(5) The appropriate percentage for the tax year is the same percentage as the percentage increase in the consumer prices index.
(6) In this regulation, “consumer prices index” means the all items consumer prices index published by the Statistics Board, a body corporate established by section 1 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 .
Table
Column 1Salary for the eligible employment for the financial year 2015-16
Column 2Members' contribution rate
£0 - £25,999
7.40%
£26,000 - £34,999
8.87%
£35,000 to £41,499
9.90%
£41,500 to £54,999
10.52%
£55,000 to £74,999
11.65%
£75,000 or above
12.06%

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/310/regulation/185 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-185
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