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Paragraph 2 Interpretation

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(1)

In this Scheme—

  • “the 1992 Scheme” means the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme 1992f1;

  • “the 1993 Act” means the Pension Schemes Act 1993f2;

  • “the 1999 Act” means the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999f3;

  • “adoption leave” means leave under sections 75A and 75B of the Employment Rights Act 1996f4; and “ordinary adoption leave” and “additional adoption leave” shall be construed accordingly;

  • “amount”, in relation to a pension, means the annual amount of the pension;

  • “authority”, except in the definition of “independent qualified medical practitioner” and in the expression “fire authority”, means a fire and rescue authority”;

  • “authority-initiated early retirement” means retirement before normal retirement age under rule 6 of Part 3;

  • “award”, unless a contrary indication appears, means a pension or lump sum under this Scheme, or the refund of pension contributions;

  • “cash equivalent” has the meaning given by section 94(1)(a) of the 1993 Act;

  • “child”, in relation to a scheme member, means—

    1. (a)

      a child who is financially dependent on him, and is—

      1. (i)

        a natural child, step-child or adopted child of his; or

      2. (ii)

        otherwise related to him; or

      3. (iii)

        the child of his spouse, civil partner or nominated partner; or

    2. (b)

      any child of his—

      1. (i)

        who is born after his death, and

      2. (ii)

        with whom the child’s mother was pregnant at the date of the member’s death;

  • “Compensation Scheme” means the Firefighters’ Compensation (England) Scheme 2006 set out in Schedule 1 to the Firefighters’ Compensation (England) Order 2006f5;

  • “contracted–out”, in relation to an employment or scheme, has the meaning given by section 8(1) of the 1993 Actf6;

  • “contributions equivalent premium” has the meaning given by section 55(2) of the 1993Act; and any reference to a case in which a contributions equivalent premium has been paid includes a reference to a case in which such a premium is payable;

  • “contributions election” means an election under rule 5(1) of Part 2 not to make pension contributions;

  • “deferred member” has the meaning given by rule 1(3) of Part 2;

  • “disabled” and “disablement” have the meanings given by rule 3 of this Part;

  • “eligibility condition” means a condition set out in rule 2(1) of Part 2;

  • “final pensionable pay” shall be construed in accordance with rule 2 of Chapter 1 of Part 11;

  • “firefighter member” has the meaning given by rule 1(1) of Part 2;

  • “guaranteed minimum” is the amount determined for the purposes of sections 13 to 17 of the 1993 Act, and “guaranteed minimum pension” has the same meaning as in that Actf7; and any reference to the guaranteed minimum in relation to a pension under a pension scheme at a particular time is a reference to the amount certified by the Secretary of State as that minimum at that time;

  • “higher tier ill–health pension” means a pension of the description referred to in rule 2(4) of Part 3;

  • “ill-health retirement” means retirement under rule 2 of Part 3;

  • “independent qualified medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner holding a diploma in occupational medicine or an equivalent or higher qualification issued by a competent authority in an EEA State, or being an Associate, a Member or a Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicinef8 or an equivalent institution of an EEA State; and for the purposes of this definition “a competent authority” has the meaning given by the General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2003f9;

  • “injury” means any injury or disease, whether of body or mind;

  • “lower tier ill-health pension” means a pension of the description referred to in rule 2(3) of Part 3;

  • “maternity leave” means leave under sections 71 and 73 of the Employment Rights Act 1996f10; and “ordinary maternity leave” and “additional maternity leave” shall be construed accordingly;

  • “member-initiated early retirement” means retirement before normal retirement age under rule 5 of Part 3;

  • “nominated partner” has the meaning given by rule 1(2) of Part 2;

  • “normal benefit age” has the meaning given by rule 3(2) of Part 2;

  • “normal retirement age” has the meaning given by rule 3(1) of Part 2;

  • “paternity leave” means leave under regulation 4 or 8 of the Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002f11;

  • “pension”, unless a contrary intention appears, means a pension under this Scheme;

  • “pensionable pay” shall be construed in accordance with rule 1 of Part 11;

  • “pensionable retained or volunteer service”, in relation to a retained or volunteer firefighter and any period, means the same proportion of whole-time service as that which his actual pensionable pay for that period bears to his reference pay for that period;

  • “pensionable service” shall be construed in accordance with rules 2 to 5 of Part 10;

  • “pension credit” means a credit under section 29(1)(b) of the 1999 Act, or corresponding Northern Ireland legislation;

  • “pension credit benefit” has the meaning given by section 101B of the 1993 Actf12;

  • “pension credit member” has the meaning given by section 124(1) of the Pensions Act 1995f13;

  • “pension credit rights” has the meaning given by section 101B of the 1999 Act;

  • “pension debit” means a debit under section 29(1)(a) of the 1999 Act;

  • “pension debit member” means a person whose benefits or future benefits under this Scheme have been reduced under section 31 of the 1999 Act;

  • “pensioner”, except in the definition of “pensioner member”, means a person who is in receipt of a pension;

  • “pensioner member” has the meaning given by rule 1(4) of Part 2;

  • “pension sharing order” means an order or provision mentioned in section 28(1) of the 1999 Act;

  • “personal pension scheme” has the meaning given by section 1 of the 1993 Act;

  • “qualifying service” has the meaning given by rule 1 of Part 10;

  • “reference pay”, in relation to the pay of a retained or volunteer firefighter for any period, means the whole-time equivalent pensionable pay for that period of a regular firefighter employed in a similar role and with equivalent qualifying service;

  • “regular employment” means employment for at least 30 hours a week on average over a period of not less than 12 consecutive months beginning with the date on which the issue of the person’s capacity for employment arises;

  • “regular firefighter” means a person employed (whether whole-time or part-time) by an authority—

    1. (a)

      as a firefighter, but not as a retained or volunteer firefighter,

    2. (b)

      on terms under which he is, or may be, required to engage in fire-fighting or, without a break in continuity of such employment, may be required to perform other duties appropriate to his role as a firefighter (whether instead of, or in addition to, engaging in fire-fighting); and

    3. (c)

      otherwise than in a temporary capacity;

  • “retained firefighter” and “volunteer firefighter” mean a person employed by an authority—

    1. (a)

      as a firefighter, but not as a regular firefighter,

    2. (b)

      on terms under which he is, or may be, required to engage in fire-fighting or, without a break in continuity of such employment, may be required to perform other duties appropriate to his role as a firefighter (whether instead of, or in addition to, engaging in fire-fighting),

    3. (c)

      otherwise than in a temporary capacity, and

    4. (d)

      who is obliged to attend at such times as the officer in charge considers necessary, and in accordance with the orders that he receives,

    and “retained or volunteer firefighter” shall be construed accordingly;

  • “role”, in relation to a firefighter, except in rule 1(1) of Part 2, means the role in which he is for the time being employed, being a role set out in “Fire and Rescue Services Rolemaps” issued by the National Joint Council for Local Authority Fire and Rescue Services in August 2005f14;

  • “state pensionable age” means pensionable age as determined in accordance with the rules in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act 1995f15;

  • “survivor’s pension” means a pension under rule 1 of Part 4; and

  • “transfer value payment” means a payment to another pension scheme or arrangement in respect of rights to benefits that have accrued to or in respect of him under this Scheme.

(2)

Where this Scheme requires anything to be done within a specified period after or from a specified day or event, the period begins immediately after the specified day or, as the case may be, the day on which the specified event occurs.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

See Schedule 2 to S.I.1992/129. The Scheme was made under section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947 (c.41). It was renamed the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme, and continued in force, on the repeal of the 1947 Act by section 52 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, by article 3 of the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England and Scotland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1912).

f2

1993 c.48.

f3

1999 c.30.

f4

1996 c.18. Sections 75A and 75B were inserted by section 3 of the Employment Act 2002 (c.22).

f5

S.I. 2006/1811.

f6

1993 c.48.

f7

1993 c.48. As to “guaranteed minimum pension” see section 8(2).

f8

The Faculty of Occupational Medicine is a registered charity no. 1035415

f9

S.I. 2003/250, to which there is an amendment not relevant to this Order.

f10

1996 c.18; sections 71 and 73 were substituted by section 7 of, and Part 1 of Schedule 4 to, the Employment Relations Act 1999 (c.26) and amended by section 17 of the Employment Act 2002 (c.22).

f11

S.I. 2002/2788.

f12

Section 101B was inserted by section 37 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30).

f13

1995 c.26.

f14

The document is accessible at http://www/lge.gov.uk/conditions/firefighters/content/documents/fire service rolemaps.pdf.

f15

1995 c.26. See section 126 of that Act.