The Firefighters' Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 No. 78

PART 4 N.I. Pension accounts

CHAPTER 5 N.I. Active member's account

Ill-health award ceases to be payable N.I.

45.  This regulation applies when an ill-health award ceases to be payable to a person under regulation 77 (consequences of review) and the pensioner member re-enters pensionable service—

(a) the scheme manager must close the retirement account;

(b) the scheme manager must re-establish the active member's account and credit it with an amount equal to the annual rate of lower tier ill-health pension payable when the ill-health award was first made;

(c) the scheme manager must make entries in the active member's account as if, during the gap in pensionable service, the member—

(i) was in pensionable service under this scheme; but

(ii) received no pensionable pay.