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

PART 4 Pension accounts

CHAPTER 7 Deferred member’s account

Account established after ill-health award ceases to be payable

57.  If a lower tier ill-health pension ceases to be payable to a person (P) under regulation 77 (consequences of review) and P does not re-enter pensionable service—

(a) a deferred member’s account must be established; and

(b) that account must be credited with an amount equal to the annual rate of the lower tier ill-health pension payable immediately before the lower tier ill-health pension ceased to be payable.