# The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2007, Paragraph 63: Payment of periodical contributions for increased benefits

Extent: N.I.

(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), where a person has elected under article 62 to pay periodical contributions they are payable from his next birthday and continue to be payable until the earliest of—
(a) his normal pension age;
(b) the date on which he ceases to serve as a regular firefighter; and
(c) the date on which any election under article 59 takes effect.
(2) If before his normal pension age he—
(a) retires with an ill-health pension, and resumes service as a regular firefighter; or
(b) having made an election under article 59, cancels it,
the contributions again become payable, and continue to be payable as provided in paragraph (1).
(3) If the Board is satisfied that payment of the periodical contributions is causing, or is likely to cause, financial hardship it may consent to the discontinuance of payment for such period as it thinks fit.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/144/schedule/ANNEX/paragraph/63 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-63
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

