Effect of purchasing additional service by lump sum payment
10.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where a period of additional service has been purchased by way of a lump sum payment, the firefighter member’s pensionable service is increased by that period as regards any award payable to the firefighter member under this Scheme.
(2) A period of additional service purchased by way of a lump sum payment is not treated as part of the pensionable service on which the amount of any higher tier ill-health pension is calculated under rule 2 of Part 3.
(3) If the firefighter member takes member-initiated early retirement the period of additional service is part of the total to which the actuarial reduction is applied under rule 5 of Part 3.
(4) If the firefighter member takes authority-initiated early retirement the period of additional service is part of the pensionable service on which the pension is calculated under rule 6 of Part 3.