The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

1.  In Part 1 (preliminary) in regulation 3 (interpretation)—

(a) in the appropriate places insert—

““adjusted lower tier ill-health pension” has the meaning given in regulation 74(4) (annual rate of ill-health awards);”

“connected member of the NFPS” has the meaning given in article 4C of Part 2 of the NFPS;

“connected special member of the NFPS” has the meaning given in article 4D of Part 2 of the NFPS;

“continued pension” means—

(a)

in relation to a member of the NFPS, the entitlement to a pension under article 11B of Part 3 of the NFPS,

(b)

in relation to a member of the FPS, the entitlement to a pension under article 14A of the FPS;

“deferred member of the FPS” means a person who is entitled to a deferred pension under article 16 of the FPS;

“deferred member of the NFPS” has the meaning given in article 2(1) of Part 1 of the NFPS;

“equivalent amount to the FPS lower tier ill-health pension” has the meaning given in regulation 73(5) (entitlement to lower tier ill-health pension and higher tier ill-health pension);

“equivalent amount to the NFPS lower tier ill-health pension” has the meaning given in regulation 73(5) (entitlement to lower tier ill-health pension and higher tier ill-health pension);

“initial period” has the meaning given in regulation 85 (meaning of “initial period”);

“pensionable service in the 2015 scheme” means any continuous pensionable service in relation to the active member’s account in this scheme to which pensionable service in the FPS was added for the purposes of regulation 66 (qualifying service) for the period whilst paragraph (5A) of article 2 of the FPS continues to apply to that person.

“shared parental leave” means leave under the Shared Parental Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015(1)”;

(b) omit the definition of “additional paternity leave”;

(c) in the definition of “child related leave”—

(i) omit sub-paragraph (e);

(ii) at the end of sub-paragraph (f) insert “or”;

(iii) after sub-paragraph (f) insert—

“(g) shared parental leave;”;

(d) in the definition of “retirement pension” after paragraph (b) insert—

“(c) an ill-health award and the payment of any equivalent amount to the FPS lower tier ill-health pension (if any) and the payment of any equivalent amount to the NFPS lower tier ill-health pension (if any).”.

(e) in the definition of “statutory pay”—

(i) in sub-paragraph (c) omit “ordinary”;

(ii) omit sub-paragraph (d);

(iii) after sub-paragraph (d) insert—

“(e) statutory shared parental pay within the meaning of section 167ZU (entitlement: birth) and section 167ZW (entitlement: adoption) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2);”.

(1)

S.R. 2015 No. 93.

(2)

Sections 167ZU and 167ZW were inserted by the Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (2015 c.1).