{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/420",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Part 1 (citation and interpretation), in article 2(1)—\n(a) in the appropriate places insert—\n““the 2014 Act” means the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014;\n“the 2015 Regulations” means The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015;\n“the 2015 Scheme” means The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2015 which is established in the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015;\n“connected member” has the meaning given in article 4C of Part 2;\n“connected special member” has the meaning given in article 4D of Part 2;\n“continued pension” has the meaning given in article 11B of Part 3;\n“continuity of service” has the meaning given in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations;\n“equivalent amount to the NFPS lower tier ill-health pension” has the meaning given in regulation 73(5) of the 2015 Regulations;\n“final salary link” means the final salary link which applies when the requirements of paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 to the 2014 Act are met;\n“scheme closing date” means 31st March 2015;\n“scheme employment” in relation to the 2015 Scheme has the meaning given in regulation 15 of the 2015 Regulations;\n“tapered protection closing date” has the meaning given in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations;\n“transition date” means—\n(a) if the firefighter member or the special firefighter member is a tapered protection member of this Scheme, the date after the tapered protection closing date for that member;\n(b) if the firefighter member or special firefighter member is not a full protection member of this Scheme or a tapered protection member of this Scheme, the date after the scheme closing date; or\n(c) the date on which the member ceased to be a full protection member of this Scheme;\n“transition member” has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations;”;\n(b) for the definition of “Scheme Actuary” substitute—\n““Scheme Actuary” means the actuary appointed by the Department under regulation 158 (appointment of scheme actuary and actuarial valuations) of the 2015 Regulations;”;\n(c) for the definition of “special member” substitute—\n““special member” means—\n(a) a special firefighter member,\n(b) a special deferred member,\n(c) a special pensioner member,\n(d) a connected special member;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/420/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:59:10.433671+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}