The Firefighters’ Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015

Amendments to Schedule 4 (awards on death: additional provisions)

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11.  In Part 1 (adult dependent relative’s special pension)—

(a)in paragraph 1, for “Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3” substitute “Subject to paragraphs 2, 3 and 4”;

(b)in paragraph 3 omit “which is reckonable as pensionable service,”;

(c)after paragraph 3 add—

4.  Where the deceased was employed as a retained firefighter but not as a regular firefighter at the time of his death, paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply with the modification that for any reference to his final pensionable pay there shall be substituted the product of the formula—

where—

A is the amount of pay the deceased would have received had he been a whole-time employee of the Board;

B is the period in years of his pensionable retained service;

C is the period in years of his relevant service..