# The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2007, Paragraph 1

Extent: N.I.

(1) The revocation of the orders specified in Part I of Schedule 11 (“the Part I Orders”) and the re-enactment in this Scheme of provisions that were contained in or required to be construed as one with the 1973 Scheme (“1973 provisions”), shall not, except in so far as 1973 provisions are re-enacted with modifications, be taken to affect the continuity of the law, and accordingly—
(a) any reference in this Scheme to, or to things done or falling to be done under or for the purposes of, any provision of this Scheme is, if and so far as the nature of the reference permits, to be construed as including, in relation to circumstances or purposes in relation to which the corresponding 1973 provision had effect, a reference to, or as the case may be to things done or falling to be done under or for the purposes of, that corresponding provision; and
(b) where a period of time specified in a 1973 provision is current at the commencement of this Scheme, this Scheme has effect as if the corresponding provision of this Scheme had been in operation when that period began to run.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1)—
(a) has effect subject to any express provision to the contrary, and to paragraph 2 (protected benefits); and
(b) does not mean that the provisions of this Scheme apply to cases to which the corresponding 1973 provisions did not apply by virtue of transitional provision made in connection with the commencement of any of the Part I Orders.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/144/schedule/10/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-10/paragraph-1
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