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  "legislation": "ssi/2007/199",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters' Pension Scheme (Scotland) Order 2007",
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  "heading": "Interpretation of Chapter 5",
  "text": "(1) In this Chapter–\n“calculated amount” means the amount which, in accordance with rule 15 of this Part, an authority calculate would need to be made as a restitution payment in respect of the firefighter concerned;\n“relevant methods and assumptions” means the methods and assumptions notified by the Scheme Actuary for the calculation of cash equivalent values for occupational pension schemes; and\n“relevant period”, in relation to a firefighter, means the total of any periods of opted out and, where appropriate, transferred-out service.\n(2) For the purposes of this Chapter–\n(a) a person shall be taken to have opted out if the person had made a contributions election and for any period during which the person was a firefighter the person instead made contributions to a personal pension scheme; and\n(b) a person shall be taken to have transferred out if an authority have made a transfer value payment in respect of the person under Chapter 2 of this Part to the administrator of a personal pension scheme.",
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