{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-7/part-I/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-7/part-I/paragraph-1.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/7/part/I/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In the case of a man, the lump sum mentioned in article 62(1)(a) is A x B, where—\nA is the specified number of sixtieths of his average pensionable pay, and\nB is the percentage of his total pensionable pay during the year ending with the date of the election (“the relevant period”) ascertained from the Table in paragraph 5 by reference to his age on his next birthday after that date and on his retirement date.\n(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—\n(a) any reduction of pensionable pay during —\n(i) sick leave;\n(ii) stoppage by way of punishment;\n(iii) paid maternity, adoption or paternity leave;\n(iv) unpaid ordinary maternity or ordinary adoption leave;\n(v) unpaid ordinary maternity leave, additional maternity leave or additional adoption leave where contributions have been paid under article 58\nshall be disregarded; and\n(b) if he was in receipt of pensionable pay for part only of the relevant period, his total pensionable pay during the relevant period is his total pensionable pay for that part multiplied by the reciprocal of the fraction of the period which that part represents.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 Pt. 1 para. 1 in operation at 1.4.2006, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted for Sch. 7 heading",
      "affecting": "nisr/2012/161",
      "affecting_title": "The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2014/169",
      "affecting_title": "The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2014/169",
      "affecting_title": "The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/144/schedule/7/part/I/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}