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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Teachers' Pensions (Employers' Supplementary Contributions) Regulations 2000.
(2) These Regulations shall come into force on 21st March 2000.
(3) In these Regulations “the 1997 Regulations” means the Teachers' Pensions Regulations 1997 and expressions used in these Regulations for which a meaning is given in the 1997 Regulations have that meaning in these Regulations.
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(1) The supplementary contribution to be paid by employers of persons in pensionable employment for the period 1st April 2000 to 31st March 2002 shall be fixed at the rate of 0.4% of the contributable salaries from time to time of persons in pensionable employment.
(2) The Government Actuary shall make a supplementary report to the Secretary of State in respect of the deficiency between scheme assets and scheme liabilities as at 31st March 1996 stated in the Government Actuary’s report made pursuant to paragraph 7 of Schedule 15 to the 1997 Regulations.
(3) The supplementary report shall specify the rate at which supplementary contributions shall be paid from 1st April 2002 so as to remove the deficiency referred to in paragraph (2) within the period of 40 years beginning on 1st April 2000, taking account of the supplementary contribution referred to in paragraph (1).
(4) The rate referred to in paragraph (3) shall be expressed as a percentage of the contributable salaries from time to time of persons in pensionable employment; the percentage must either be or be a multiple of 0.05.
(5) The supplementary report shall be laid by the Secretary of State before each House of Parliament.
Malcolm Wicks
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
24th February 2000We consent
Greg Pope
Bob Ainsworth
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
29th February 2000