{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-compensation-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule/paragraph-1",
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  "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/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 7A",
  "text": "(1) This Part applies to a person who—\n(a) on or after 6th April 2006—\n(i) takes up employment with the Board , or\n(ii) having been employed by the Board before that date, becomes a member of the New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme or the 2015 Scheme; and\n(b) immediately before undertaking relevant service in the reserve forces, is employed by the Board as a firefighter,\nand in this Part such a person is referred to as a reservist.\n(2) For the purposes of this Scheme a reservist shall be treated as having continued to be a firefighter during his period of relevant service in the reserve forces (referred to in this Part as his “forces period”).\n(3) References in this Part to relevant service in the reserve means service in the forces specified in section 1(2) of the Reserve Forces 1996 Act—\n(a) in pursuance of a training obligation under Part 3 of that Act; or\n(b) by virtue of a call out for permanent service or a recall under the Reserve Forces Act 1980 or Part 7 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Annex Scheme Pt. 7A inserted (4.7.2008 with effect from 6.4.2006) by The Firefighters’ Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/238), art. 1(1), Sch. para. 8 (with arts. 3, 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex Scheme Pt. 7A rule 1(1)(a)(ii) inserted (18.1.2016 with effect from 1.4.2015) by The Firefighters’ Compensation Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) and the New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/422), art. 1(2)(3), Sch. 1 para. 6(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/143/schedule/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."
}