# The Firefighters’ Compensation Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2007, Paragraph 7: Qualifying injury

Extent: N.I.

(1) Except in—
(a) rule 3 of Part 2 (compensation for death or permanent incapacity while on duty),
(b) rule 2 of Part 8 (special cases: award for or in relation to a ... volunteer firefighter), and
(c) rule 3 of Part 10 (prevention of duplication),
references 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.
(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.
(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.
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/143/schedule/ANNEX/part/1/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-compensation-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/part-1/paragraph-7
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