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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-8",
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  "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/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Relevant service in the armed forces",
  "text": "References in this Scheme to relevant service in the armed forces are references to—\n(a) service specified in Schedule 1 to the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951 (“the 1951 Act”), other than service specified in paragraph 5(b) of that Schedule;\n(b) part-time service under the National Service Act 1948, otherwise than pursuant to a training notice under that Act; and\n(c) service for the purposes of training only performed by a person mentioned in paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the 1951 Act for a period shorter than 7 days.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "ANNEX Scheme Pt. A art. 8 in operation at 1.4.2006, see art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1951 c. 65"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1948 c. 64"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/144/schedule/ANNEX/paragraph/8",
    "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."
}