{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-37",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-37.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/37",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Lump sum death grant",
  "text": "(1) On the death of a person while serving as a regular firefighter a lump sum death grant becomes payable unless, at the time of his death—\n(a) he was aged 75 or more; or\n(b) an election under article 59 not to pay pension contributions had effect.\n(2) The grant is payable whether or not any pension or gratuity is payable under Part C.\n(3) The amount of the grant is twice that of the deceased’s pensionable pay, expressed as an annual rate—\n(a) at the time of the death; or\n(b) if he was then absent from duty without pay, immediately before that absence began.\n(4) The grant is to be paid—\n(a) to any surviving spouse or civil partner who qualifies for it; or\n(b) if there is no such surviving spouse or civil partner, to the personal representatives.\n(5) A surviving spouse or civil partner who qualifies for the grant is one who was not living apart from the deceased at the time of the death.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "ANNEX Scheme Pt. E art. 37 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/37",
    "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."
}