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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-6",
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  "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/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Meaning of “active member of an existing scheme”",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of this Schedule, a person (P) is an active member of an existing scheme (other than the FPS or the NFPS) on a given date if on that date—\n(a) P is in pensionable service under that scheme; or\n(b) P is on a gap in service not exceeding five years,\n(2) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (1)(b), after the closing date for the existing scheme P is not on a gap in service while P is in pensionable public service.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "See section 18(2) of the 2014 Act for the meaning of “existing scheme”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/78/schedule/2/paragraph/6",
    "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."
}