{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-compensation-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/part-5/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-compensation-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/part-5/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/5/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Lump sum in lieu of child’s special allowance",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) a child is entitled to a special allowance under rule 1 of Part 4; and\n(b) the Board is satisfied that there are sufficient reasons; and\n(c) a surviving parent or the child’s guardian, or if he has neither, the child himself, consents,\nthe Board may commute the allowance for a lump sum.\n(2) A lump sum under this rule shall be calculated in accordance with Part 2 of Schedule 4.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Annex Scheme Pt. 5 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/5/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."
}