{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-compensation-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/part-4/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-compensation-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/part-4/paragraph-1.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/4/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Child’s special allowance",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies where a person who is or has been a regular or retained firefighter dies from the effects—\n(a) of a qualifying injury; or\n(b) of infirmity of mind or body occasioned by a qualifying injury,\nleaving a child.\n(2) Subject to rule 3, where this rule applies the child is entitled to a child’s special allowance calculated in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 3.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex Scheme Pt. 4 rule 1(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. 4(2) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Annex Scheme Pt. 4 rule 1 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/4/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}