The Firefighters’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Wales) Regulations 2023

Indirect compensation E+W

60.—(1) This regulation applies where, pursuant to an application under regulation 61, the scheme manager determines that an immediate choice member (“M”) has incurred a compensatable loss(1) that is a Part 4 tax loss(2) (a “relevant loss”).

(2) M is not to be paid an amount under section 23 of the PSPJOA 2022 by way of compensation in respect of the relevant loss.

(3) Instead, the amount of benefit payable under a firefighters’ pension scheme is to be increased to reflect the amount of the relevant loss in such a manner as determined by the scheme manager in accordance with direction 10(2) to (4) of the PSP Directions 2022.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 60 in force at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1(3)

(1)

See section 23 of the PSPJOA 2022 and direction 11 of the PSP Directions 2022 for the meaning of “compensatable loss”.

(2)

See section 23(9) of the PSPJOA 2022 for the meaning of “Part 4 tax loss”.