Paragraph 1A F1

In the event that an award becomes payable in respect of a qualifying injury sustained in the course of employment in relation to which a person is or is eligible to be an active member in the 2015 Scheme, relevant service, in the Table, means the total of—

In the event that an award is payable to a person who is not an active member of the 2015 Scheme, or has elected not to make pension contributions under the New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme or the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme, when calculating an award payable under this scheme, the person’s ‘relevant service’ is determined according to the pension scheme the person would have been eligible to be a member of when they sustained the qualifying injury.

In sub-paragraph (2), “eligible to be a member” means a person’s eligibility to be a member of any of the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme, the New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme and the 2015 Scheme, pursuant to article 2 (exclusive application to regular firefighters) of the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme, article 4 (scheme membership) of Part 2 of the New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme or regulation 16 of, or Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations, as the case may be.