# The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Order 2006, Paragraph 1: Interpretation of Part


In this Part—
“the 1996 Act” means the Reserve Forces Act 1996;
“forces period” means the period during which a person undertakes relevant service in the reserve forces;
“former authority”, in relation to a reservist, means the authority by which he was employed immediately before his forces period began;
“qualifying injury” means an injury, received by a person in the performance of his duties as a firefighter, which is not wholly or mainly due to his own serious and culpable negligence or misconduct;
“relevant service in the reserve forces” means service in the forces specified in section 1(2) of the 1996 Act—
(a) in pursuance of a training obligation under Part 3 of that Act, or
(b) by virtue of a call out for permanent service or a recall under the Reserve Forces Act 1980 or Part 7 of the 1996 Act; and
“reservist” means a person who, immediately before a forces period, was a firefighter.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3432/schedule/1/part/7/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-england-order-2006/schedule-1/part-7/paragraph-1
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