The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

21.—(1) The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) In regulation 3 (interpretation)—

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

(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (f) omit “or”;

(ii) at the end of sub-paragraph (g) after “leave;” insert “or”; and

(iii) after sub-paragraph (g) insert —

“(h) parental bereavement leave;”;

(b) in the appropriate place insert—

““parental bereavement leave” means leave under the Parental Bereavement Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023;”;

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

(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (c) omit “or”;

(ii) at the end of sub-paragraph (e) for “;” substitute “, or”; and

(iii) after sub-paragraph (e) insert—

“(f) statutory parental bereavement pay within the meaning of section 167ZZ9 (entitlement) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;”.

(3) In regulation 27 (meaning of “assumed pensionable pay”)—

(a) in paragraph (2)(c) after “shared parental leave” insert “, parental bereavement leave”; and

(b) in paragraph (2)(e) for “or shared parental leave” substitute “, shared parental leave or parental bereavement leave”.

(4) In regulation 121 (contributions during child-related leave), in paragraph (3) after “shared parental leave” insert “, parental bereavement leave”.

(1)

S.R. 2015 No 78; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2015 No 420 and S.R. 2022 No. 236.