{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-13.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/ANNEX/paragraph/13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Ordinary pension",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this article applies to a regular firefighter who retires if he then—\n(a) has attained the age of 50; and\n(b) he is entitled to reckon at least 25 years’ pensionable service; and\n(c) does not become entitled to an ill-health award under article 15.\n(2) This article does not apply—\n(a) to a chief fire officer who retires before attaining the age of 55, unless his notice of retirement was given with the permission of the Board; or\n(b) where immediately before the person’s retirement an election under article 59 not to pay pension contributions had effect.\n(3) A person to whom this article applies becomes entitled on retiring to an ordinary pension calculated in accordance with Part I of Schedule 2.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "ANNEX Scheme Pt. B art. 13 in operation at 1.4.2006, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/144/schedule/ANNEX/paragraph/13",
    "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."
}