{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-47",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-47.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/47",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Maternity, paternity and adoption leave",
  "text": "(1) A woman serving as a regular firefighter is entitled to reckon as pensionable service any period of —\n(a) paid maternity leave;\n(b) unpaid ordinary maternity leave; and\n(c) unpaid maternity leave in respect of which she has paid pension contributions to the Board in accordance with article 58,\ntaken on or after 23rd June 1994.\n(2) A person serving as a regular firefighter is entitled to reckon as pensionable service any period of—\n(a) paternity leave;\n(b) ordinary adoption leave;\n(c) paid additional adoption leave; and\n(d) unpaid additional adoption leave in respect of which he has paid contributions to the Board in accordance with article 58.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "ANNEX Scheme Pt. F art. 47 in operation at 1.4.2006 with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)(d)(e), seeart. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/144/schedule/ANNEX/paragraph/47",
    "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."
}