# The Firefighters' Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015, Regulation 90: Reduction in pensions in cases of wide age disparity


(1) This regulation applies if on the death of a member of this scheme, a surviving partner's pension is payable to a person who is more than 12 years younger than the member.
(2) The annual rate of that pension is reduced by the lower of—
(a) 50% of the amount of the annual rate of the pension so calculated; or
(b) 2.5 × ( N − 12 ) %
where N is the number of whole years by which the surviving partner is younger than the member.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/78/regulation/90 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-90
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