The Firefighters' Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Annual rate of ill-health awardsN.I.

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74.—(1) The annual rate of a lower tier ill-health pension and of a higher tier ill-health pension is calculated as follows.

(2) The annual rate of a lower tier ill-health pension is calculated in accordance with paragraphs (2)(a) and (2)(b) of regulation 68 (annual rate of retirement pension (active members)).

(3) The annual rate of a higher tier ill-health pension is calculated by multiplying the annual amount of the adjusted lower tier ill-health pension by the member's assumed period of pensionable service and by 2%.

[F1(3A) In the case of a member who is entitled to an equivalent amount to the NFPS lower tier ill-health pension or to an equivalent amount to the FPS lower tier ill-health pension, the adjusted lower tier ill-health pension includes the adjusted equivalent amount.]

(4) In this regulation—

“the adjusted lower tier ill-health pension” means the lower tier ill-health pension payable under paragraph (2) calculated—

(a)

excluding an amount equal to the amount of any added pension which had been included in the calculation of the lower tier ill-health pension, and

(b)

without the deduction for any commuted portion of the pension;

[F2“the adjusted equivalent amount” means—

(a)

in the case of a member who is entitled to an equivalent amount to the NFPS lower tier ill-health pension, that amount calculated—

(i)

excluding from the calculation the amount of any additional period of service purchased under Part 11 of the NFPS, and

(ii)

without the deduction of any commuted portion;

(b)

in the case of a member who is entitled to the equivalent amount to the FPS lower tier ill-health pension, that amount calculated without the deduction of any commuted portion.]

“the member's assumed period of pensionable service” means the period expressed in years—

(a)

beginning with the day after the member's continuous period of pensionable service ceased, and

(b)

ending with the day before the day on which the member will reach normal pension age.

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