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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-89",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2014/310",
  "legislation_title": "The Teachers' Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "regulation/89",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "89",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Chapter",
  "text": "(1) In this Chapter—\n“average annual rate”, in relation to pensionable earnings in a 6 month period, means the amount of pensionable earnings in that period multiplied by 2;\n“increased annual rate”, in relation to pensionable earnings, has the meaning given in regulation 97;\n“new employment” means one or more new eligible employments;\n“new employment condition” has the meaning given in regulation 91;\n“pensionable earnings”, for a person not in an eligible employment, means the amount which would be the person's pensionable earnings if the employment were eligible employment;\n“previous employment” means one or more previous eligible employments;\n“reduced annual rate”, in relation to pensionable earnings, means the annual rate of P's pensionable earnings following the reduction referred to in regulation 90;\n“reduced annual rate condition” has the meaning given in regulation 90.\n(2) When calculating the reduced annual rate or increased annual rate of a person's pensionable earnings, any standard increase which takes effect on or after the entitlement day must be ignored.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "See the meaning of “standard increase” in Chapter 4 of Part 3."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/310/regulation/89",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:04:41.805929+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."
}