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Paragraph 8 Refund of aggregate pension contributions

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

A firefighter member who–

(a)

leaves an authority’s employment without satisfying an eligibility condition; or

(b)

remains in the service but makes a contributions election before the firefighter member has accrued three months' qualifying service,

is entitled to a refund of the firefighter member’s aggregate pension contributions less–

(i)

the amount of any tax required to be deducted; and

(ii)

such part of any contributions equivalent premium paid in respect of the member as is permitted by or under section 61 of the 1993 Act.

(2)

In paragraph (1), “aggregate pension contributions” means all of the payments made by the member to the member’s employing authority by way of pension contributions.