The Firefighters’ Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022

4.—(1) Schedule 2 (transitional provisions) is amended as follows. N.I.

(2) In paragraph 1 (Interpretation)—

(a) in the definition of “closing date”, in sub-paragraph (c), for from “member, or” to the end substitute—

“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”;

(b) in the definition of “transition date”, for from “member, and” to the end substitute—

“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”.

(3) In paragraph 3(3) (meaning of “tapered protection closing date”), at the end insert “which must be before 1st April 2022”.

(4) In paragraph 9(2) (full protection members of the FPS or the NFPS), for from “as the case may be,” to the end substitute—

“as the case may be—

(a) on 31st March 2022; or

(b) when P cease to be in pensionable service under that scheme and ceases to be eligible to be an active member of the NFPS unless sub-paragraph (3) or (4) applies, if earlier.”.

(5) In paragraph 31(2)(a) (pensionable service under the NFPS), omit the words from “or if T returns to pensionable service” to the end.

(6) Omit paragraphs 37 (Scheme manager determines member of the NFPS is not entitled to an ill-health award) and 38 (Scheme manager determines member of the FPS is not entitled to an ill-health award).

(7) In Part 3D(1) (Transfer of final salary benefits) in paragraph 45 (Acceptance of club transfer value payments), after “relates to a member’s final salary benefit” insert “apart from a payment from the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (FPS) as that scheme has effect in England, Scotland and Wales ”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 4(1)-(6) in operation at 1.4.2022, see reg. 1(2)

I2 Sch. 1 para. 4(7) in operation at 1.4.2022 with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3)(a), see reg. 1(3)(a)

(1)

Part 3D was inserted by S.R, 2015 No. 420.