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

Extent: N.I.

(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), this paragraph applies in the case of man entitled to reckon pensionable service otherwise than—
(a) by reason of regular service after 31st March 1972; or
(b) by virtue of article 53.
(2) Where the man was a regular firefighter to whom Article 53 or 54 of the 1973 Scheme applied, this paragraph shall not apply unless—
(a) he elected or agreed, under articles 49(3)(b)or 49(4)(b) or Article 54(3)(b) of the 1973 Scheme, that his pension be reduced; or
(b) pensionable service became reckonable by him after 31st March 2006 by virtue of article 49.
(3) Where this paragraph applies, the man’s pension shall be reduced by the percentage specified in the third column of the Table in paragraph 5 opposite the number of completed years of pensionable service he is entitled to reckon other than pensionable service falling within either or both of the following sub-paragraphs, namely—
(a) pensionable service reckonable as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1); and
(b) where (subject to articles 49(5) and 50(2)) he elected under Article 52(2) or 53(2) of the 1973 Scheme to pay additional contributions or to make an additional payment by way of a lump sum, pensionable service reckonable by him immediately before lst October 1973 otherwise than by reason of regular service after 31st March 1972.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/144/schedule/2/part/VII/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-2/part-VII/paragraph-3
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