Paragraph 10 Amendments to Schedule 3 (awards on death: children)

in paragraph 1 for “Subject to paragraph 4” substitute “Subject to paragraphs 4 and 5”;

in paragraph 4(1) omit “which is reckonable as pensionable service,”; and

after paragraph 4 insert—

“5.

Where the deceased was employed as a retained firefighter but not as a regular firefighter at the time of death, the amount of the special allowance must be calculated in accordance with the formula—

$$A\times \left(B/C\right)$$

where—

• A is the amount calculated under paragraphs 1 to 3 of this Part as if the final pensionable pay was the pay which the deceased would have received had the deceased been a whole-time employee of a fire and rescue authority;

• B is the period in years of the deceased’s pensionable retained service;

• C is the period in years of the deceased’s relevant service.”