SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Amendment to the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
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Schedule 2 (transitional provisions) is amended as follows.
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In paragraph 1 (Interpretation)—
a
in the definition of “closing date”, in sub-paragraph (c), for from “member, or” to the end substitute—
member,
ii
if the member is a full protection member of the FPS or the NFPS, 31st March 2022, or
iii
if the member is not a protected member of one of those schemes, the scheme closing date
b
in the definition of “transition date”, for from “member, and” to the end substitute—
member,
b
if the member is a full protection member of the FPS or the NFPS, 1st April 2022, and
c
if the member is not a protected member of the FPS or the NFPS, the day after the scheme closing date, or the day the person ceased to be a protected member of that scheme, if later
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In paragraph 3(3) (meaning of “tapered protection closing date”), at the end insert “which must be before 1st April 2022”
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In paragraph 9(2) (full protection members of the FPS or the NFPS), for from “as the case may be,” to the end substitute—
as the case may be—
a
on 31st March 2022; or
b
when P cease to be in pensionable service under that scheme and ceases to be eligible to be an active member of the NFPS unless sub-paragraph (3) or (4) applies, if earlier.
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In paragraph 31(2)(a) (pensionable service under the NFPS), omit the words from “or if T returns to pensionable service” to the end.
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Omit paragraphs 37 (Scheme manager determines member of the NFPS is not entitled to an ill-health award) and 38 (Scheme manager determines member of the FPS is not entitled to an ill-health award).
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In Part 3D10 (Transfer of final salary benefits) in paragraph 45 (Acceptance of club transfer value payments), after “relates to a member’s final salary benefit” insert “apart from a payment from the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (FPS) as that scheme has effect in England, Scotland and Wales ”
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