Paragraph 1 I1

Where, in respect of service as a regular firefighter before 1^st April 1980, a person had paid pension contributions at a rate of 6p a week less than the appropriate percentage of his pensionable pay (“reduced contributions”), the unsecured portion of any ordinary, short service, ill-health or deferred pension payable to him shall, in respect of any period beyond state pensionable age, be reduced in accordance with this paragraph.

Subject to sub-paragraphs (4) to (6), in the case of a person who elected to pay pension contributions at the lower rate under paragraph 36(3) of the Schedule to the Fire Services (Fire Officers and Firemen) Pensions Order (Northern Ireland) 1955^f1, the annual rate of the reduction is that obtained by multiplying the sum ascertained from the Table below by the length in years of the period of pensionable service in respect of which he paid reduced contributions (“the relevant period”).

Subject to sub-paragraph (4), in any other case the annual rate of the reduction is that obtained by multiplying £l.70 by the length in years of the relevant period.

The annual rate of reduction of a pension under this paragraph shall not in any case exceed £51.