{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2015/78",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters' Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Eligible persons",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of this Part, an eligible person is a person who is eligible to be an active member of this scheme.\n(2) A person (P) who is in service in a scheme employment is an eligible person in relation to that employment unless in relation to service in that employment—\n(a) P is a protected member of the FPS or the NFPS; or\n(b) P is a member of any other pension scheme and the Board pays contributions to that scheme in respect of P.\n(3) P is an eligible person whilst on reserve forces service leave.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/78/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:03:31.445177+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."
}