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

Extent: N.I.

(1) Subject to paragraph 2, the amount of an ordinary pension is the greater of—
(a) half the amount of the base pension described in sub-paragraph (2); and
(b) the amount of a requisite benefit pension calculated in accordance with Part V.
(2) The base pension mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) is—
(a) where article 25(1)(a) applies, the higher tier ill-health pension to which the deceased would have been entitled had he retired with such a pension immediately before he died;
(b) where article 25(1)(b) applies, the ordinary, short service or ill-health pension the deceased was receiving;
(c) where article 25(1)(c) applies, the ill-health pension which the deceased would have been receiving if he had not ceased to be entitled to it; and
(d) where article 25(1)(d) applies, the ill-health pension to which the deceased would have been entitled had he retired in circumstances entitling him to such a pension,
disregarding, in each case, the provisions for reduction contained in article 18(10) (commutation), article 20(9) (allocation) and Parts VI and VII of Schedule 2 (reduction of pension at state pensionable age and related to up-rating of widow’s pensions) but taking into account the provisions of Part IV of Schedule 2 (calculation of awards for part-time service).

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