# The Firefighters' Pension Scheme (Scotland) Order 2007, Paragraph 5: Reckoning of maternity, paternity and adoption leave, etc


(1) A female firefighter member is entitled to reckon as pensionable service any period of–
(a) paid maternity leave;
(b) unpaid ordinary maternity leave; and
(c) unpaid maternity leave in respect of which she has paid pension contributions in accordance with rule 4 of Part 11.
(2) A firefighter member is entitled to reckon as pensionable service any period of–
(a) paternity leave;
(b) ordinary adoption leave;
(c) paid additional adoption leave; and
(d) unpaid additional adoption leave in respect of which the firefighter member has paid pension contributions in accordance with rule 4 of Part 11.
(3) Where there is a period of pensionable service both before and after a period of maternity or adoption leave in respect of which a person is entitled to pay pension contributions but does not do so, those periods shall be treated for the purposes of this Scheme as if they were continuous.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/199/schedule/1/part/10/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-scotland-order-2007/schedule-1/part-10/paragraph-5
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