{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-compensation-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/part-1/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-compensation-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/part-1/paragraph-7.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/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Qualifying injury",
  "text": "(1) Except in—\n(a) rule 3 of Part 2 (compensation for death or permanent incapacity while on duty),\n(b) rule 2 of Part 8 (special cases: award for or in relation to a ... volunteer firefighter), and\n(c) rule 3 of Part 10 (prevention of duplication),\nreferences in this Scheme to a qualifying injury are references to an injury received by a person, without his own default, in the exercise of his duties as a regular or retained firefighter.\n(2) In rule 3 of Part 2, references to a qualifying injury are references to an injury received by a person in the exercise of his duties as a regular, retained or volunteer firefighter.\n(3) In rule 2 of Part 8 ..., references to a qualifying injury are references to an injury received by a person, without his own default, in the exercise of his duties as a ... volunteer firefighter.\n(4) For the purposes of this Scheme an injury shall be treated as having been received by a person without his own default unless the injury is wholly or mainly due to his own serious and culpable negligence or misconduct.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex Scheme Pt. 1 rule 7(1)(b) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of The Firefighters’ Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/7), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(5)(a)(i) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex Scheme Pt. 1 rule 7(1) substituted (1.4.2015 with effect from 1.4.2006) by The Firefighters’ Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/7), art. 1(2)(3), Sch. 1 para. 1(5)(a)(ii) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Annex Scheme Pt. 1 rule 7(3) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of The Firefighters’ Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/7), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(5)(b)(i) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Annex Scheme Pt. 1 rule 7(3) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of The Firefighters’ Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/7), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(5)(b)(ii) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Annex Scheme Pt. 1 rule 7 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/7",
    "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."
}