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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-3/paragraph-8",
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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/3/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Part I (glossary of expressions) of Schedule 1 (interpretation) 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“2015 pensionable service” Construe in accordance with article 14A;\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“Continued pension” Construe in accordance with article 14A;\n“Continuous service pension” Construe in accordance with article 13A;\n“Equivalent amount to the FPS lower tier ill-health pension” Construe in accordance with regulation 73(5) of the 2015 Regulations;\n“Full protection member of this Scheme” means a person who is a full protection member of this Scheme by virtue of paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations;\n“Scheme closing date” is 31st March 2015;\n“Tapered protection closing date” Construe in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations;\n“Tapered protection member of this Scheme” means a person who is a tapered protection member of this Scheme by virtue of paragraph 15 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations;”.",
  "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/3/paragraph/8",
    "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."
}