# The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015, Regulation 118: Employer additional contribution: ill-health award

Extent: S

(1) Where a member has retired with an entitlement to the immediate payment of a higher tier ill-health pension and a lower tier ill-health pension under regulation 65(2) (entitlement to lower tier ill-health pension and higher tier ill-health pension), the authority must pay a higher tier ill-health additional contribution.
(2) The amount of the higher tier ill-health additional contribution is the amount determined and notified to the authority by the Scottish Ministers.
(3) Where a member has retired with an entitlement to the immediate payment of a lower tier ill-health pension and without any entitlement to a higher tier ill-health pension, the authority must pay a lower tier ill-health additional contribution.
(4) The amount of the lower tier ill-health additional contribution is the amount determined and notified to the authority by the Scottish Ministers.
(5) The employer must pay the higher tier ill-health additional contribution or the lower tier ill-health additional contribution, as the case may be, in equal instalments due on—
(a) the date on which the member retires;
(b) 1st April of the financial year following the financial year in which the first instalment was paid;
(c) 1st April of the financial year following the financial year in which the second instalment was paid.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/19/regulation/118 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-118
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