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  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters' Pension Scheme (Scotland) Order 2007",
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  "heading": "Qualifying service",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Scheme, the following periods are periods of a person’s qualifying service–\n(a) the period during which the person is a firefighter member of the Scheme and for which the person receives pensionable pay;\n(b) any period during which the person–\n(i) is a firefighter member of the Scheme;\n(ii) is on unpaid leave other than unauthorised absence;\n(iii) has made an election under rule 4(1) of this Part; and\n(iv) has paid such contributions as are required to be paid under that rule in respect of that period;\n(c) in relation to the second pension under rule 7 of Part 3 (entitlement to two pensions), the period of qualifying service taken into account in calculating the first pension under that rule;\n(d) any period of additional service purchased under Part 11;\n(e) a period credited on acceptance of a transfer under Part 12;\n(f) where the person was a member of the 1992 Scheme, the period of service used for determining the person’s eligibility for an award under that Scheme; and\n(g) any period of service that may be credited to the firefighter member resulting from maternity, paternity or adoption leave.",
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