
2025 No. 42
EducationPublic Service Pensions
The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Made 6th March 2025
Coming into operation 1st April 2025

The Department of Education makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and (2)(d), 2(1) and 3(1) to (3) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to, the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014.
In accordance with section 22(2)(a) of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014, the Department of Education has consulted the persons referred to in section 22(3) of that Act.
In accordance with section 22(2)(b) of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014, the Department of Education has laid a report before the Assembly.

In accordance with section 3(5) of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014, these Regulations are made with the consent of the Department of Finance.
Citation and commencement
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 and come into operation on 1st April 2025.
Amendment of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014
2 

(1) The Teachers’ Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In regulation 185, in the table, for column 2 substitute—

Column 2Members’ contribution rate
7.40%
8.87%
9.90%
10.52%
11.65%
12.06%
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Education on 6th March 2025.
(L.S.)Mark Bailey
A senior officer of the
Department of Education
The Department of Finance consents to the foregoing Regulations.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 6th March 2025.
(L.S.)Patrick Neeson
A senior officer of the
Department of Finance
