{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-1/paragraph-1.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": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“amount of extra pension” means the amount of accrued added pension at any time;\n“appropriate pay period” means the pay period that the scheme manager considers appropriate;\n“notice of election” has the meaning given in paragraph 5;\n“overall limit of extra pension” has the meaning given in paragraph 2;\n“periodical payment period” means the period for which periodical payments for added pension payments are payable;\n“period of service” in relation to this scheme, means a continuous period of pensionable service under this scheme;\n“the relevant day” means the day on which the lump sum is received by the scheme manager;\n“the relevant scheme year” means the scheme year in which the relevant day falls.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/78/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}