# The Firefighters' Pension Scheme Amendment (Scotland) Order 2005, Paragraph 89


In Schedule 2 (personal awards)–
(a) in Part III (ill-health pension), in paragraph 5(1)(a), for “could be required to retire on account of age”, substitute “reached normal pension age”;
(b) in Part V (injury awards), for paragraph 2, substitute–
“2. (1) The amount of a person’s injury pension under rule J4 shall be reduced by three quarters of the amount of any other pension referable to his service as a firefighter (including, if rule L4A applies in his case, the aggregate of the pension to which he is entitled under rule B3 and the amount of the difference referred to in rule L4A (3)).
(2) The amount of a person’s injury pension calculated in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be reduced by three quarters of the amount of any other pension calculated by reference to pensionable service reckonable by virtue of the period of service during which he received the qualifying injury or, where an election under rule G3 had effect or the person failed to make an election under rule G2A, by the amount of any other pension which would otherwise have been so calculated.
(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), any reduction of the other pension–
(a) under rule B7 (commutation) or B9 (allocation),
(b) under Part VIII of this Schedule, or
(c) by virtue of a pension debit,
shall be disregarded.”;
(c) in Part VI (deferred pension), in paragraph 2(3)–
(i) omit “he could”;
(ii) at the beginning of sub-paragraph (a), insert “he could”; and
(iii) for sub-paragraph (b), substitute “(b) he reached normal pension age”;
(d) in Part VIA (calculation of awards for part-time service), in paragraph 2, for “member of a brigade” (in each place), substitute “employee of a fire and rescue authority”; and
(e) in Part VII (reduction of pension at state pensionable age), in paragraph 2(4), for “fire authority”, substitute “fire and rescue authority”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/566/schedule/paragraph/89 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-amendment-scotland-order-2005/schedule/paragraph-89
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