Scheme employmentN.I.
15.—(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, a person is in scheme employment if that person is employed as a firefighter by the Board and satisfies the requirement in paragraph (2) or paragraph (3).
(2) A person who took up employment on or after 1st April 2015 satisfies the requirement in this paragraph where that person's role on taking up employment includes—
(a)resolving operational incidents, or
(b)leading and supporting others in the resolution of operational incidents.
[F1(3) A person who is a member of the FPS or of the NFPS satisfies the requirement in this paragraph.]
(4) The employer of a person in scheme employment is referred to in these Regulations as the “scheme employer”.
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 15(3) substituted (retrospective to 1.4.2015) by The Firefighters Pension Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/420), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(a)