# The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Order 2006, Paragraph 10: Effect of purchasing additional service by lump sum payment


(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where a period of additional service has been purchased by way of a lump sum payment, the firefighter member’s pensionable service shall be increased by that period as regards any award payable to him under this Scheme.
(2) A period of additional service purchased by way of a lump sum payment shall not be treated as part of the pensionable service on which the amount of any higher tier ill-health pension is calculated under rule 2 of Part 3.
(3) If the firefighter member takes member-initiated early retirement the period of additional service shall be part of the total to which the actuarial reduction is applied under rule 5 of Part 3.
(4) If the firefighter member takes authority-initiated early retirement the period of additional service shall be part of the pensionable service on which the pension is calculated under rule 6 of Part 3.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3432/schedule/1/part/11/chapter/2/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-england-order-2006/schedule-1/part-11/chapter-2/paragraph-10
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