# The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Order 2006, Paragraph 13: Interpretation of Chapter 5


(1) In this Chapter—
“calculated amount” means the amount which, in accordance with rule 15, an authority calculate would need to be made as a restitution payment in respect of the firefighter concerned;
“relevant methods and assumptions” means the methods and assumptions notified by the Scheme Actuary for the calculation of cash equivalent values for occupational pension schemes; and
“relevant period”, in relation to a firefighter, means the total of any periods of opted-out and, where appropriate, transferred-out service.
(2) For the purposes of this Chapter—
(a) a person shall be taken to have opted out if he had made a contributions election and for any period during which he was a firefighter he instead made contributions to a personal pension scheme; and
(b) a person shall be taken to have transferred out if an authority have made a transfer value payment in respect of him under Chapter 2 of this Part to the administrator of a personal pension scheme.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3432/schedule/1/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-england-order-2006/schedule-1/paragraph-13
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