PART 2Remediable service statements
Requirements relating to remediable service statements 4
1
The scheme manager must provide a remediable service statement in respect of a remedy member (“M”) in accordance with—
a
section 29 of PSPJOA 2022,
b
any Treasury directions made under section 29(6) of that Act, and
c
this regulation.
2
A remediable service statement must be provided in respect of M—
a
on or before the relevant date11,
b
where M is, in relation to their remediable service as a firefighter, for the time being—
i
an active member, at least once in each year ending with the anniversary of the relevant date;
ii
a deferred member, within three months of receipt of a written request by the member12, and
c
where M is a deferred choice member, as soon as is reasonably practicable following receipt of notification—
i
under regulation 13(2) that M intends to claim benefits in relation to M’s remediable service as a firefighter, or
ii
that M has died.
3
The remediable service statement must be provided—
a
to M, or
b
where—
i
M is deceased, and
ii
the eligible decision maker is a person other than the scheme manager,
to the person who is for the time being the eligible decision-maker in relation to M’s remediable service as a firefighter under the schedule.
4
The remediable service statement must include—
a
where the scheme manager has determined that any information to be provided in connection with M’s remediable service as a firefighter must be communicated in a particular form and manner, information about that form and manner;
b
where M is an immediate choice member, information about the irrevocability of an immediate choice decision;
c
where M is a deferred choice member, information about the circumstances in which a deferred choice is revocable, and the circumstances in which it is irrevocable.
5
For further provision about—
a
what a remediable service statement must include, see—
i
section 29(5) of the PSPJOA 2022;
ii
direction 20(1) of the PSP Directions 2022;
b
when a remediable service statement must be combined with a benefit information statement provided under section 14 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013, see direction 20(2) of the PSP Directions 2022.