The Firefighters’ Compensation Scheme and Pension Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2015

Amendment of Part 1 (citation and interpretation)

1.  In Part 1, in rule 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) at the appropriate places insert—

““the 2015 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2015”) means the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Wales) Regulations 2015(1) which established the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Wales) 2015;”;

““full protection member of this Scheme” (“aelod diogelwch llawn o’r Cynllun hwn”) means a person who is a full protection member of this Scheme by virtue of paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations;”;

““provisionally enrolled member” (“aelod cofrestredig dros dro”) has the meaning given in rule 1(11) of Part 2;”;

““tapered protection member of this Scheme” (“aelod diogelwch taprog o’r Cynllun hwn”) means a person who is a tapered protection member of this Scheme by virtue of paragraph 15 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations;”;

(b) for the definition of “limited period” substitute—

““limited period” (“cyfnod cyfyngedig”) means the period beginning on 1 July 2000 or if later, the date falling before 6 April 2006 on which the person was first employed as a retained firefighter and ending on—

(a)

the earlier of—

(i)

the date on which that person joined this Scheme as a special member or as a standard member in respect of service which the member could otherwise reckon as special pensionable service, and

(ii)

the date, if applicable, on which the person ceased to be employed as a retained or a regular firefighter;

(b)

in the case of a person who joins this Scheme as a provisionally enrolled member on 31 March 2015 and who on or after 1 April 2015—

(i)

does not become a full protection member of this Scheme or a tapered protection member of this Scheme, 31 March 2015,

(ii)

becomes a full protection member of this Scheme, the date on which that person joins this Scheme as a special member,

(iii)

becomes a tapered protection member of this Scheme, the earlier of the date the person joins this Scheme as a special member, and the member’s tapered protection closing date, within the meaning given in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations;”;

(c) in the definition of “special deferred member”, for “1A(5) to (8)” substitute “1A(6) to (9)”;

(d) in the definition of “special eligibility conditions”, for “has the meaning given” substitute “means the conditions specified”;

(e) in the definition of “special firefighter member”, for “1A(1) to (4)” substitute “1A(1) to (5)”;

(f) in the definition of “special pensioner member”, for “1A(9) to (13)” substitute “1A(10) to (14)”.

(1)

S.I. 2015/622 (W. 50).