{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-compensation-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-4/part-1/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-compensation-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-4/part-1/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2007/143",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters’ Compensation Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-compensation-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007",
  "path": "schedule/4/part/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) For any week for which the total of—\n(a) any spouse’s or civil partner’s special pension; and\n(b) any child’s special allowance,\nequals or exceeds the amount of the deceased’s average pensionable pay or his final pensionable pay or his final pay, as the case may be for a week, no dependent relative’s special pension is payable.\n(2) For any week for which the total of the special pension and—\n(a) any surviving spouse’s or civil partner’s special pension; and\n(b) any child’s special allowances,\nwould exceed the amount of the deceased’s average pensionable pay or his final pensionable pay or his final pay, as the case may be for a week, the dependent relative’s special pension shall be reduced so that the total does not exceed that amount.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 2 substituted (18.1.2016 with effect from 1.4.2015) by The Firefighters’ Compensation Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) and the New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/422), art. 1(2)(3), Sch. 1 para. 13(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 2 in operation at 2.4.2007 with effect in accordance with art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/143/schedule/4/part/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:41:58.377332+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}