The Firefighters' Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Interpretation N.I.

1.  In this Schedule—

“active member of an existing scheme” has the meaning given in paragraph 6;

“active member of an existing public body pension scheme” has the meaning given in paragraph 7;

“active member of the FPS or the NFPS” has the meaning given in paragraph 5;

“closing date”—

(a)

in relation to an existing scheme, means the date referred to in section 18(4) of the 2014 Act,

(b)

in relation to an existing public body pension scheme, means the date determined under section 32(2) of the 2014 Act by the public authority responsible for that scheme, and

(c)

in relation to a transition member, means—

(i)

if the member is a tapered protection member of the FPS or the NFPS, the tapered protection closing date for that [F1 member,

(ii)

if the member is a full protection member of the FPS or the NFPS, 31st March 2022, or

(iii)

if the member is not a protected member of one of those schemes, the scheme closing date]

“eligible to be an active member of the NFPS” has the meaning given in paragraph 4;

“exception” means—

(a)

in relation to an existing scheme, an exception under section 18(5) of the 2014 Act provided for in the scheme regulations for that scheme,

(b)

in relation to an existing public body pension scheme, an exception under section 32(4) of the 2014 Act provided for by the public authority responsible for that scheme;

“existing public body pension scheme” means a public body pension scheme to which section 32 of the 2014 Act applies;

“full protection member”, in relation to the FPS or the NFPS, has the meaning given in paragraph 9;

“fully protected member” of an existing scheme or an existing public body pension scheme means a person in respect of whom an exception applies, which exception is one to which section 18(7) of the 2014 Act (or that section as applied by section 32(4)) applies for the purposes of that scheme;

“protected member”, in relation to an existing scheme or an existing public body pension scheme, means a full protection member or tapered protection member of one of those schemes;

“protection period”—

(a)

for a full protection member of the FPS or the NFPS, has the meaning given in paragraph 10, and

(b)

for a tapered protection member of the FPS or the NFPS, has the meaning given in paragraph 16;

“scheme closing date” means 31st March 2015;

“tapered protection closing date”, in relation to a tapered protection member of an existing scheme, has the meaning given in paragraph 3;

“tapered protection member”, in relation to the FPS or the NFPS, has the meaning given in paragraph 15;

“transition date”, in relation to a transition member, means—

(a)

if the member is a tapered protection member of the FPS or the NFPS, the day after the tapered protection closing date for that [F2 member,

(b)

if the member is a full protection member of the FPS or the NFPS, 1st April 2022, and

(c)

if the member is not a protected member of the FPS or the NFPS, the day after the scheme closing date, or the day the person ceased to be a protected member of that scheme, if later]

“transition member” means a person—

(a)

who is a member of the FPS or the NFPS by virtue of his or her pensionable service under that scheme, or who is eligible to be an active member of the NFPS, before the transition date; and

(b)

who is a member of this scheme by virtue of the person's pensionable service under this scheme.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 2 para. 1 substituted (1.4.2022) by The Firefighters’ Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/155), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 4(2)(a)

F2 Words in Sch. 2 para. 1 substituted (1.4.2022) by The Firefighters’ Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/155), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 4(2)(b)