The Firefighters’ Compensation Scheme (England) (Amendment) Order 2014

Amendments to Part 10 (payment of awards and financial provisions)

7.—(1) Part 10 is amended as follows.

(2) In rule 3 (prevention of duplication)—

(a) in paragraph (4) for sub-paragraph (a)(ii) substitute—

“(ii) under rule 1, 1A, 2 or 3 of Part 3 of the 2006 Scheme to an ordinary, special member’s ordinary, ill health or deferred, or”;

(b) in paragraph (6) for “regular firefighter” substitute “ regular or retained firefighter”.

(3) In rule 4 (prevention of duplication: other injury awards for persons who are both regular and retained firefighters)—

(a) in paragraph (2)—

(i) for “both a regular firefighter and” substitute “a volunteer firefighter and a retained firefighter or as a regular firefighter”;

(ii) omit the words in sub-paragraph (a);

(iii) in sub-paragraph (b)(i) after “regular firefighter” insert “or a retained firefighter”;

(iv) in sub-paragraph (b)(ii) for “retained firefighter” substitute “volunteer firefighter”;

(b) in paragraph (3)—

(i) after “regular firefighter” insert “or a retained firefighter”;

(ii) for “retained firefighter” substitute “volunteer firefighter”;

(c) in paragraph (4) for “retained firefighter” substitute “volunteer firefighter”.

(4) In rule 5(1) (prevention of duplication: other awards for spouses or children of persons who are both regular and retained firefighters) at the end of paragraph (3) insert—

“(g) a survivor’s pension under rule 1 of Part 4 of the 2006 Scheme,

(h) a survivor’s bereavement pension under rule 4 of Part 4 of the 2006 Scheme,

(i) a child’s pension under rule 6 of Part 4 of the 2006 Scheme,

(j) a child’s bereavement pension under rule 9 of Part 4 of the 2006 Scheme,

(k) a death grant under rule 1 of Part 5 of the 2006 Scheme,

(l) a post-retirement death grant under rule 2 of Part 5 of the 2006 Scheme.”.

(1)

Rule 5 was substituted by S.I. 2006/3434.