The Firemen’s Pension Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

2. Introductory Text

1. Citation commencement and revocations

3. 2. The Scheme

4. Signature

5. 1. ANNEX

      The Firemen’s Pension Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2006

      1. PART A GENERAL PROVISIONS AND RETIREMENT

         1. 1. Interpretation

         2. 2. Exclusive application to regular firemen

         3. 3. Application to temporary employment connected with fire services

         4. 4. Application to permanent employment as instructor

         5. 5. Reckoning of service for purposes of awards

         6. 6. Aggregate pension contributions for purposes of awards

         7. 7. Qualifying injury

         8. 8. Disablement

         9. 9. Death or infirmity resulting from injury

         10. 10. Relevant service in the armed forces

         11. 11. Normal pension age

         12. 12. Compulsory retirement on grounds of efficiency

         13. 13. Compulsory retirement on grounds of disablement

         14. 14. Effective date of retirement

      2. PART B PERSONAL AWARDS

         1. 15. Ordinary pension

         2. 16. Short service award

         3. 17. Ill-health award

         4. 18. Injury award

         5. 19. Deferred pension

         6. 20. Repayment of aggregate pension contributions

         7. 21. Commutation — general provision

         8. 22. Commutation – small pensions

         9. 23. Allocation

         10. 24. Limitation of commuted or allocated portion of pension

         11. 25. Deduction of tax from certain awards

         12. 26. Pension debit members

         13. 27. Part-time members

      3. PART C AWARDS ON DEATH — SPOUSES OR CIVIL PARTNERS

         1. 28. Spouse’s or civil partner’s ordinary pension

         2. 29. Spouse’s or civil partner’s special award

         3. 30. Spouse’s or civil partner’s augmented award

         4. 31. Spouse’s or civil partner’s accrued pension

         5. 32. Limitation award to surviving spouse or civil partner with reference to date of marriage or civil partnership

         6. 33. Surviving spouse’s or civil partner’s requisite benefit and temporary pension

         7. 34. Surviving spouse’s or civil partner’s award where no other award payable

         8. 35. Limitation where spouses or civil partners living apart

         9. 36. Effect of remarriage or subsequent civil partnership

         10. 37. Pension debit members

      4. PART D AWARDS ON DEATH — CHILDREN

         1. 38. Child’s ordinary allowance

         2. 39. Child’s special allowance

         3. 40. Child’s special gratuity

         4. 41. Child’s accrued allowance

         5. 42. Child’s allowance or special gratuity — limitations

         6. 43. Pension debit members

      5. PART E AWARDS ON DEATH — ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

         1. 44. Lump sum death grant

         2. 45. Adult dependent relative’s special pension

         3. 46. Dependent relative’s gratuity

         4. 47. Payment of balance of contributions to estate

         5. 48. Gratuity in lieu of surviving spouse’s or civil partner’s pension

         6. 49. Gratuity in lieu of child’s allowance

         7. 50. Limitation on discretion to commute pension or allowance for gratuity

         8. 51. Increase of pensions and allowances during first 13 weeks

         9. 52. Flat-rate awards

      6. PART F PENSIONABLE SERVICE AND TRANSFER VALUES

         1. 53. Reckoning of and certificates as to pensionable service

         2. 54. Current service

         3. 55. Maternity, paternity and adoption leave

         4. 56. Previous service reckonable without payment

         5. 57. Previous service reckonable on payment

         6. 58. Period during which injury pension was payable

         7. 59. War service

         8. 60. Previous service reckonable following actionable loss

         9. 61. Calculation of amount of restitution payment

         10. 62. Receipt of transfer value

         11. 63. Transfer payments between fire authorities

         12. 64. Payment of transfer values

      7. PART G PENSIONABLE PAY AND CONTRIBUTIONS

         1. 65. Pensionable pay and average pensionable pay

         2. 66. Pension contributions

         3. 67. Optional pension contributions during maternity and adoption leave

         4. 68. Election not to pay pension contributions

         5. 69. Continued payment of additional and further contributions

         6. 70. Purchase of increased benefits

         7. 71. Election to purchase increased benefits

         8. 72. Payment of periodical contributions for increased benefits

         9. 73. Effect of payment for increased benefits

         10. 74. Pension debit members: restriction on replacement of debited rights

      8. PART H DETERMINATION OF QUESTIONS AND APPEALS

         1. 75. Determination by the Authority

         2. 76. Appeal against opinion on a medical issue

         3. 77. Appeal against decision of the Authority

      9. PART I SERVICEMEN

         1. 78. Preliminary

         2. 79. Award to servicemen

         3. 80. Awards on death of servicemen

         4. 81. Servicemen who resume service as regular firemen

         5. 82. Servicemen who do not resume service in the brigade

         6. 83. Pensionable service

         7. 84. Pension contributions

      10. PART J PENSION CREDIT MEMBERS

          1. 85. Pension credit member’s entitlement to pension

          2. 86. Commutation of the pension credit benefits

          3. 87. Death grants where pension credit member dies before pension credit benefits payable

          4. 88. Application of general rules

      11. PART K SPECIAL CASES

          1. 89. Guaranteed minimum pensions

          2. 90. Revaluation of guaranteed minimum

          3. 91. Whole-time or part-time member of brigade who is not a regular fireman

          4. 92. Retained or volunteer member of the fire brigade

          5. 93. Members of the brigade other than regular firemen — supplementary

      12. PART L REVISION AND WITHDRAWAL OF AWARDS

          1. 94. Cancellation of ill-health and injury pensions

          2. 95. Reassessment of injury pension

          3. 96. Reduction of award in case of default

          4. 97. Withdrawal of pension during service as regular fireman

          5. 98. Withdrawal of pension on conviction of certain offences

      13. PART M PAYMENT OF AWARDS AND FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

          1. 99. Payment of awards

          2. 100. Prevention of duplication

          3. 101. Payment of awards – supplementary

          4. 102. Prevention of duplication: other awards for spouses or civil partners, or children of persons who are both regular and retained firemen

      14. PART N SCHEME ADMINISTRATION, RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES

          1. 103. Scheme administrator for purposes of Part 4 of Finance Act 2004

          2. 104. Expenses and receipts of the Authority

      15. PART O SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISION

          1. 105. Transitional and other matters

   2. SCHEDULE 1

      INTERPRETATION

      1. PART GLOSSARY OF EXPRESSIONS

      2. PART II EXPRESSIONS RELATED TO NATIONAL INSURANCE AND SOCIAL SECURITY ACTS AND ORDERS

   3. SCHEDULE 2

      PERSONAL AWARDS

      1. PART I ORDINARY PENSION

      2. PART II SHORT SERVICE PENSION

      3. PART III ILL-HEALTH PENSION

      4. PART IV CALCULATION OF AWARDS FOR PART-TIME SERVICE

      5. PART V SHORT SERVICE OR ILL-HEALTH GRATUITY

      6. PART VI INJURY GRATUITY AND INJURY PENSION

      7. PART VII DEFERRED PENSION

      8. PART VIII REDUCTION OF PENSION AT STATE PENSIONABLE AGE

      9. PART IX REDUCTION OF PENSION RELATED TO UP-RATING OF WIDOW'S PENSION

   4. SCHEDULE 3

      AWARDS ON DEATH – SPOUSES OR CIVIL PARTNERS

      1. PART I SPOUSE'S OR CIVIL PARTNER'S ORDINARY PENSION

      2. PART II SPOUSE'S OR CIVIL PARTNER'S SPECIAL PENSION

      3. PART III SPOUSE'S OR CIVIL PARTNER'S ACCRUED PENSION

      4. PART IV PENSION FOR SURVIVING SPOUSE OR CIVIL PARTNER OF POST-RETIREMENT MARRIAGE OR CIVIL PARTNERSHIP

      5. PART V SPOUSE'S OR CIVIL PARTNER'S REQUISITE BENEFIT PENSION

   5. SCHEDULE 4

      AWARDS ON DEATH – CHILDREN

      1. PART I CHILD'S ORDINARY ALLOWANCE

      2. PART II CHILD'S SPECIAL ALLOWANCE

      3. PART III CHILD'S ACCRUED ALLOWANCE

      4. PART IV REDUCTION IN CHILD'S ALLOWANCE DURING FULL-TIME REMUNERATED TRAINING

   6. SCHEDULE 5

      ADULT DEPENDENT RELATIVE'S SPECIAL PENSION

   7. SCHEDULE 6

      PENSIONABLE SERVICE AND TRANSFER VALUES

      1. PART I PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF PREVIOUS SERVICE

      2. PART II SERVICE RECKONABLE ON RECEIPT OF TRANSFER VALUE

      3. PART III TRANSFER PAYMENTS BETWEEN FIRE AUTHORITIES

      4. PART IV AMOUNT OF TRANSFER VALUE

   8. SCHEDULE 7

      WAR SERVICE

      1. PART I WAR SERVICE ELECTIONS

      2. PART II WAR SERVICE FOLLOWED BY FIRE SERVICE

      3. PART III TRANSFEREE'S WAR SERVICE RECKONABLE WITHOUT RECEIPT OF TRANSFER VALUE

      4. PART IV TRANSFEREE'S WAR SERVICE RECKONABLE ON RECEIPT OF ADDITIONAL TRANSFER VALUE

      5. PART V SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

      6. PART VI PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL TRANSFER VALUES

   9. SCHEDULE 8

      PURCHASE OF INCREASED BENEFITS

      1. PART I PAYMENTS

      2. PART II CALCULATION OF APPROPRIATE AMOUNT

      3. PART III INCREASES BY REFERENCE TO APPROPRIATE AMOUNT

   10. SCHEDULE 9

       APPEAL TO INDEPENDENT MEDICAL REFEREE

   11. SCHEDULE 10

       SERVICEMEN – INCREASED AWARDS

   12. SCHEDULE 11

       SPECIAL CASES

       1. PART I SPOUSE'S OR CIVIL PARTNER'S AWARDS

       2. PART II CHILDREN'S AWARDS

       3. PART III CALCULATION OF PENSIONABLE SERVICE WHERE PERSON CEASED TO SERVE BEFORE 1ST MAY 1975

   13. SCHEDULE 12

       TRANSITIONAL AND OTHER MATTERS

   14. SCHEDULE 13

       REVOCATIONS

       1. PART I ORDERS NOT PREVIOUSLY REVOKED

       2. PART II ORDERS PREVIOUSLY REVOKED SUBJECT TO SAVINGS

6. Explanatory Note