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The New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

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Payment of awards

96.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), while an award is payable under this Scheme it shall be paid monthly in arrears.

(2) The Board may—

(a)delay payment, in whole or part, to the extent necessary for determining any question as to its liability; and.

(b)where it is of the opinion that, by reason of the amount of the award, its payment monthly in arrears would be impracticable, discharge its liability in respect of it by making payments at such reasonable intervals as it thinks fit.

(3) Lump sums under Part 5 and, subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), pensions under Part 4 are payable from the day after the date of the death.

(4) A pension under Part 4 in respect of a posthumous child is payable from the date of his birth.

(5) Where—

(a)the Board is not informed of the death of a pensioner; and

(b)a pension to which he was entitled has continued in payment,

the Board may recover all or part of the overpayment, as it thinks fit; and may recover it by set-off against any other pension payable under this Scheme in respect of the deceased.

(6) Where a person is entitled under article 18 to the repayment of his aggregate pension contributions, the Board is not obliged to make payment—

(a)until the expiration of a year from the date of his retirement; or

(b)until he requests payment,

whichever is the earlier.

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