The Firefighters' Pension Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2007

8.  In rule B5 (deferred pension)—

(a)for paragraph (1) substitute—

B5.(1) This rule applies to a regular firefighter—

(a)who is entitled to reckon at least 2 years' pensionable service, or

(b)in respect of whom a transfer value attributable to his rights under a personal pension scheme has been paid into the scheme, or

(c)who is entitled to reckon pensionable service by virtue both of service as a regular firefighter and of a period of other employment which together amount to 2 years or more, or

(d)who has an earlier period of service as a regular firefighter which, disregarding breaks in service of not more than a month, is continuous and which after—

(i)deducting from it—

(aa)any period during which an election under rule G3 not to pay contributions had effect, and

(bb)any period of maternity or adoption leave which does not count as pensionable service as a result of rule F2A or G2A, and

(ii)aggregating the remainder with his pensionable service,

amounts to 2 years or more.;

(b)in paragraph (2)(b), for “rules B1 to B4”, substitute “rules B1 to B3”; and

(c)for paragraph (3)(b), substitute—

(b)that pension is terminated under rule K1A(3) otherwise than on his re-employment with his Fire and Rescue Authority,.