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SCHEDULE 1AMENDMENT OF THE FIREFIGHTERS' PENSION (WALES) SCHEME (WALES ONLY)

5.  For rule B2 (short service award), substitute—

Short service award

B2.(1) This rule applies, unless immediately before his retirement an election under rule G3(1) not to pay pension contributions had effect, to a regular firefighter who—

(a)retires on or after normal pension age; and

(b)is not entitled to any other award under this Part.

(2) A person to whom this rule applies becomes entitled on retiring—

(a)if—

(i)he is entitled to reckon at least two years' pensionable service, or

(ii)a transfer value in respect of his rights under a personal pension scheme has been paid to the scheme,

to a short service pension calculated in accordance with Part II of Schedule 2, and

(b)in any other case, to a short service lump sum of an amount equal to the aggregate of his pension contributions..