# The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015, Paragraph 8


In Part I (glossary of expressions) of Schedule 1 (interpretation) in the appropriate places insert—
““The 2014 Act” means The Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014;
“The 2015 Regulations” means The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015;
“2015 pensionable service” Construe in accordance with article 14A;
“The 2015 Scheme” means The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2015 which is established in the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015;
“Continued pension” Construe in accordance with article 14A;
“Continuous service pension” Construe in accordance with article 13A;
“Equivalent amount to the FPS lower tier ill-health pension” Construe in accordance with regulation 73(5) of the 2015 Regulations;
“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;
“Scheme closing date” is 31st March 2015;
“Tapered protection closing date” Construe in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations;
“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;”.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/420/schedule/3/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-3/paragraph-8
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.