# The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2007, Paragraph 3

Extent: N.I.

In this Scheme a reference to a participating period of relevant employment is a reference to a period of employed contributor’s employment after 5th April 1961 and before state pensionable age other than —
(a) service in the armed forces; and
(b) non-participating employment at the end of which no payment in lieu of contributions fell to be made,
and for the purposes of this paragraph a period of employed contributor’s employment or of non-participating employment shall be treated as having continued during periods of holiday and temporary incapacity for work and similar temporary interruptions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/144/schedule/1/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-1/paragraph-3
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