The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022

Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

13.—(1) The Annex to the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2007(1) is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) In the Scheme—

(a) in Part F (pensionable service and transfer values)—

(i) in Article 46 (current service), paragraph (3), after “paternity” insert “, parental bereavement”;

(ii) in the title of Article 47 (Maternity, paternity and adoption leave) after “paternity” insert “, parental bereavement”; and

(iii) in Article 47 (maternity, paternity and adoption leave) after paragraph (2)(a) insert—

“(aa) parental bereavement leave;”.

(b) in Part G (pensionable pay and contributions), in Article 56 (pensionable pay and average pensionable pay)—

(i) in paragraph (3) after “paternity” in both places it occurs insert “, parental bereavement”; and

(ii) after paragraph (7)(c) insert—

“(ca) parental bereavement leave;”.

(c) in Part 1 (glossary of expressions) of Schedule 1 (interpretation) in the appropriate place insert—

““Parental bereavement leave”

leave under Article 112EA of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.”.

(1)

S.R. 2007 No. 144; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2008 No. 382, S.R. 2014 No. 169 and S.R. 2015 No. 420.