{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-2/part-III/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-2/part-III/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2007/144",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/III/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The amount of a person’s higher tier ill-health pension is the amount determined by deducting from the amount ascertained in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) or paragraph 5, as his circumstances require, the amount of his lower tier ill-health pension.\n(2) The amount referred to in sub-paragraph (1) as to be ascertained in accordance with this sub-paragraph is—\n(a) if the person concerned has at least 5 but not more than 10 years’ pensionable service, the amount found by applying the formula—\n(2x(AxC))/60where A is the person’s average pensionable pay; and\nC is the period in years of his pensionable service; or\n(b) if the person concerned has more than 10 years’ pensionable service, the greater of the amounts found by applying the formulae—\n((20xA)/60)and\n{(7xA)+(AxD/60)+(2xAxE/60)}where A is the person’s average pay;\nC is the period in years of his pensionable service;\nD is the period in years of his pensionable service up to and including 20 years; and\nE is the period in years by which his pensionable service exceeds 20 years.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Formula in Sch. 2 para. 4(b) substituted by The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008 (2008/382), Sch. para. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 4 in operation at 1.4.2006, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2015/420",
      "affecting_title": "The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2024/130",
      "affecting_title": "The Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/144/schedule/2/part/III/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:41:56.968954+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}