The Firefighters’ Compensation Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Order 2014

Amendments to Schedule 4

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11.  In Schedule 4 (awards on death: additional provisions), in Part 1 (adult dependent relative’s special pension)—

(a)in paragraph 1, for “and 3” substitute “, 3 and 4”;

(b)in paragraph 3, omit “, which is reckonable as pensionable service,”;

(c)after paragraph 3, insert—

4.  Where the deceased was employed as a retained firefighter but not as a regular firefighter at the time of death, paragraphs 1 and 2 are to apply with the modification that for any reference to final pensionable pay there shall be substituted the product of the formula—

where—

A is the amount of pay the deceased would have received had he or she been a whole-time employee of the authority;

B is the period in years of pensionable retained service; and

C is the period in years of his relevant service.