Paragraph 50 Period during which injury pension was payableI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

A person who—

(a)

(i)

on retiring from employment with the Board before 6th April 2006, became entitled to an injury pension under Article 11 of the 1973 Scheme; or

(ii)

on retiring from employment with the Board on or after 6th April 2006, becomes entitled to an injury pension under the Compensation Scheme; and

(b)

has resumed service as a regular firefighter following an offer of employment under article 81(2)(b); and

(c)

within 6 months of his resuming service, or such longer period as the Board may allow, has undertaken to pay the required amount in accordance with paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 6,

is entitled to reckon as pensionable service the period during which he was entitled to the injury pension (“the pension period”).

(2)

The required amount is the total of the pension contributions (excluding such additional and further contributions as were mentioned in Articles 51 and 52 of the 1973 Scheme) that would have been payable by him for the pension period if he had continued to serve as a regular firefighter in the rank he held immediately before the retirement.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: ANNEX Scheme Pt. F art. 50 in operation at 1.4.2006, see art. 1(2)