{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-79A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-79A.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/79A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "79A",
  "heading": "Option to commute part of an equivalent amount",
  "text": "(1) A member who becomes entitled to the immediate payment of an equivalent amount to the NFPS lower tier ill-health pension or to an equivalent amount to the FPS lower tier ill-health pension may opt under this regulation to exchange part of the pension for a lump sum.\n(2) The option may only be exercised—\n(a) by written notice to the scheme manager which sets out the amount to be commuted; and\n(b) before the first payment of the equivalent amount to the NFPS lower tier ill-health pension or to an equivalent amount to the FPS lower tier ill-health pension is made.\n(3) Where the person is entitled to the immediate payment of an equivalent amount to the NFPS lower tier ill-health pension and exercises the option to commute under this regulation , the lump sum is calculated—\n(a) in the case of a person who is a connected member of the NFPS in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (4) of article 19 (commutation: general) of Part 3 of the NFPS, and\n(b) in the case of a person who is a connected special member of the NFPS in accordance with paragraphs (2A), (4) and (4A) of article 19 of Part 3 of that Scheme.\n(4) Where the person is entitled to the immediate payment of an equivalent amount to the FPS lower tier ill-health pension and exercises the option to commute under this regulation, the lump sum is calculated in accordance with article 18 (commutation-general provision) of the FPS.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 79A inserted (retrospective to 1.4.2015) by The Firefighters Pension Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/420), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 4(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Pt. 5 reg. 79A(3) substituted (5.7.2024) by The Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/130), regs. 1(1), 5(3)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Pt. 5 reg. 79A(4) inserted (5.7.2024) by The Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/130), regs. 1(1), 5(3)(b)(ii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/78/regulation/79A",
    "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."
}