# The Firefighters' Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015, Regulation 20: Automatic enrolment


(1) A person (P) who is not in pensionable service under the scheme immediately before P's first eligible day of service in a scheme employment begins pensionable service under this scheme on P's first eligible day of service in that employment unless—
(a) regulation 24 (opting out before the end of the first three months) applies; or
(b) P is a transition member with continuity of service and paragraph (2) applies.
(2) This paragraph applies if—
(a) P's first eligible day of service in the scheme employment is the day after P's transition date; and
(b) on P's transition date—
(i) P was in service in the same employment, and
(ii) P had opted out of the FPS or the NFPS, as the case may be, in relation to that service.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/78/regulation/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-20
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