SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 N.I.Transitional provisions

[F1 PART 3A N.I.Payment of ill-health benefits to transition members

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 Pts. 3A-3D inserted (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. 7(d)

Transition member who reaches normal pension age under the FPS N.I.

25.— (1) This paragraph applies in relation to a transition member who is receiving the payment of an ill-health award in accordance with paragraph 24.

(2) When the member reaches normal pension age under the FPS or the age for retirement ascertained under article 13A(3)(a) of that Scheme—

(a) the member ceases to be entitled to the immediate payment of the equivalent amount to the FPS lower tier ill-health pension under regulation 73(4)(b) (entitlement to lower tier ill-health pension and higher tier ill-health pension) under this scheme; and

(b) the member becomes entitled under the FPS to the immediate payment of a continued pension of a sum equal to the annual rate of the equivalent amount of the FPS lower tier ill-health pension payable immediately before the date on which the member reaches normal pension age or the age for retirement ascertained under article 13A(3)(a) of the FPS.]