Paragraph 1 Amendment of Part 1 (citation and interpretation)

after the definition of “the 2004 Act”, insert—

• ““the 2014 Regulations” means the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014^f1 which established the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) 2015;”;

after the definition of “firefighter member”, insert—

• ““full protection member of this Scheme” means a person who is a full protection member of this Scheme by virtue of paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 to the 2014 Regulations;”;

for the definition of “limited period”, substitute—

• ““limited period” means the period beginning on 1st July 2000 or if later, the date falling before 6th April 2006, on which the person was first employed as a retained firefighter and ending on—

  1. (a)

     the earlier of—

     1. (i)

        the date on which that person joined this Scheme as a special member or as a standard member in respect of service which he could otherwise reckon as special pensionable service, and

     2. (ii)

        the date, if applicable, on which he ceased to be employed as a retained or a regular firefighter;

  2. (b)

     in the case of a person who joins this Scheme as a provisionally enrolled member on 31st March 2015 and who on or after 1st April 2015—

     1. (i)

        does not become a full protection member of this Scheme or a tapered protection member of this Scheme, 31st March 2015,

     2. (ii)

        becomes a full protection member of this Scheme, the date on which that person joins this Scheme as a special member,

     3. (iii)

        becomes a tapered protection member of this Scheme, the earlier of the date the person joins this Scheme as a special member, and the member’s tapered protection closing date, within the meaning given in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the 2014 Regulations;”;

after the definition of “personal pension scheme”, insert—

• ““provisionally enrolled member” has the meaning given in rule 1(11) of Part 2;”;

in the definition of “special deferred member”, for “1A(5) to (8)” substitute “1A(6) to (9)”;

in the definition of “special eligibility conditions”, for “has the meaning given” substitute “means the conditions specified”;

in the definition of “special firefighter member”, for “1A(1) to (4)” substitute “1A(1) to (5)”;

in the definition of “special pensioner member”, for “1A(9) to (13)” substitute “1A(10) to (14)”;

after the definition of “survivor’s pension”, insert—

• ““tapered protection member of this Scheme” means a person who is a tapered protection member of this Scheme by virtue of paragraph 15 of Schedule 2 to the 2014 Regulations;”.