The New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008

8.  In Part 10 (qualifying service and pensionable service)—

(a)in article 56 (reckoning of pensionable service)—

(i)in paragraph (1)(d), for “an”, substitute “a lower tier” and omit “, other than any period included by way of enhancement,”; and

(ii)in paragraph (6)(b), after “under”, insert “article 35 of”; and

(b)in article 58 (reckoning of unpaid period of absence)—

(i)in paragraph (1), for “Part 11”, substitute “ Parts 11 and 13”; and

(ii)in paragraph (2), for “unpaid leave”, substitute “absence without pay”.