# The Firefighters’ Compensation Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2007, Paragraph 1: Interpretation of Part 7

Extent: N.I.

(1) This Part applies to a person who—
(a) immediately before undertaking relevant service in the armed forces, was employed as a regular firefighter; and
(b) ceased to be so employed at any time before 6th April 2006,
and in this Part such a person is referred to as a serviceman.
(2) For the purposes of this Scheme a serviceman shall be treated as having continued to be a regular firefighter during his period of relevant service in the armed forces (referred to in this Part as his “forces period”).
(3) References in this Part to relevant service in the armed forces are references to—
(a) service specified in Schedule 1 to the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951 (“the 1951 Act”), other than service specified in paragraph 5(b) of that Schedule; and
(b) service for the purposes of training only performed by a person mentioned in paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the 1951 Act for a period shorter than 7 days.

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