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The New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015

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Amendment of Part 4 (survivors’ pension)

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4.—(1) Part 4 is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1) of article 23 (pensions for surviving spouses, civil partners and nominated partners)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (a) after “member” insert “, other than a special firefighter member,”;

(b)after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

(aa)a special firefighter member who satisfies one of the special eligibility conditions and dies while employed by the Board; or

(c)in paragraph (1)(b)(iii) after “articles 11”, insert “11A,” and after “12” insert “12A,”.

(3) In article 24 (amount of survivor’s pension: general) after paragraph (3) insert—

(4) In the case of a firefighter member who is a special firefighter member, this article applies with the substitution in paragraph (1)(a) of “one of the special eligibility conditions” for “an eligibility condition”..

(4) In article 25 (amount of survivor’s pension: special cases)—

(a)in paragraph (1) for “for each year by which the survivor’s age exceeds, by more than twelve years, that of the deceased” substitute “for each year by which the deceased’s age exceeds, by more than twelve years, that of the survivor”;

(b)in paragraph (3) after “condition” insert “or, in the case of a special member, satisfies a special eligibility condition”.

(5) In article 28 (child’s pension) in sub-paragraph (a), after “eligibility conditions” insert “or, in the case of a special member, satisfies a special eligibility condition”.

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