The New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

Interpretation of Part

42.  In this Part—

“the 1996 Act” means the Reserve Forces 1996(1);

“forces period” means the period during which a person undertakes relevant service in the reserve forces;

“qualifying injury” means an injury, received by a person in the performance of his duties as a firefighter, which is not wholly or mainly due to his own serious and culpable negligence or misconduct;

“relevant service in the reserve forces” means service in the forces specified in section 1(2) of the 1996 Act—

(a)

in pursuance of a training obligation under Part 3 of that Act; or

(b)

by virtue of a call out for permanent service or a recall under the Reserve Forces Act 1980(2) or Part 7 of the 1996 Act; and

“reservist” means a person who, immediately before a forces period, was a firefighter.

(1)

1996 c. 14

(2)

1980 c. 9.