{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-compensation-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/part-1/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-compensation-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/part-1/paragraph-4.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/ANNEX/part/1/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Application to temporary employment connected with fire services",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies in the case of a person who has ceased to perform duties as a regular firefighter and has entered temporary employment.\n(2) For the purposes of this rule temporary employment is employment, on duties connected with the provision of fire and rescue services—\n(a) as an instructor at the central training institution or any training centre maintained by the Secretary of State, or\n(b) as an inspector appointed under Article 55 of the 2006 Order or under section 24 of the Fire Services Act 1947; or\n(c) in pursuance of arrangements made by the Secretary of State in connection with the training in fire-fighting of members of the armed forces of the Crown, or\n(d) in pursuance of arrangements made by the Secretary of State, in connection with the training and organisation of fire-fighting forces in any country or territory outside the United Kingdom.\n(3) Where this rule applies the person’s temporary employment shall be treated for the purposes of this Scheme as employment by the Board; and this Scheme applies in relation to the temporary employment as if—\n(a) he were, and his duties were duties as, a regular firefighter;\n(b) his pay and role were the same as they would have been had he not ceased to perform duties as a regular firefighter;\n(c) any reference to employment with the Board were a reference to the temporary employment, and\n(d) any reference to the Board were a reference to the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Annex Scheme Pt. 1 rule 4 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/ANNEX/part/1/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}