{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-30.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/2/paragraph/30",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Amount of lump sum death benefit payable under this scheme when a transition member dies in service with accrued benefits in the FPS",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies in relation to a transition member (T) who is a member of the FPS and who dies as an active member of this scheme.\n(2) Sub-paragraph (3) applies where paragraph (5A) of article 2 of the FPS applied to T immediately before T died and a lump sum death grant of an amount specified in regulation 104(2) (lump sum payable on death of active member) of this scheme is payable to those persons that the scheme manager determines under regulation 103 (person to whom lump sum death benefit payable) and—\n(a) a lump sum death grant has been paid under article 37 of the FPS,\n(b) a payment of the balance of contributions has been made under article 39 of the FPS, or\n(c) a dependent relative’s gratuity has been paid under article 38 of the FPS.\n(3) Where this sub-paragraph applies, any payments which are referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) or (c) of paragraph (2) and which have been made must be deducted from the lump sum death grant payable under regulation 104.\n(4) Sub-paragraph (5) applies where T dies as a deferred member of the FPS or in receipt of a pension from that Scheme and a lump sum death grant of an amount specified in regulation 104(2) of this scheme is payable to those persons that the scheme manager determines under regulation 103 and—\n(a) a dependent relative’s gratuity has been paid under article 38 of the FPS, or\n(b) an amount of post retirement death grant has been paid under article 39.\n(5) Where this sub-paragraph applies, the payments which are referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of paragraph (4) and which have been made must be deducted from the amount of lump sum death grant payable under regulation 104.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pts. 3A-3D 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. 7(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/78/schedule/2/paragraph/30",
    "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."
}