# The Firefighters' Pension Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2007, Paragraph 40


In rule G3 (election not to pay pension contributions)—
(a) in paragraph (2), for “paragraph (3)”, substitute “paragraphs (3) and (3A)”;
(b) after paragraph (3), insert—
“(3A) Where—
(a) a person gives notice under paragraph (1) within 3 months of taking up employment with the authority as a regular firefighter; and
(b) no transfer of pension rights from another pension scheme has been made in respect of him,
the election shall be treated as given on his first day of employment and the fire and rescue authority shall repay the pension contributions paid by him.”; and
(c) after paragraph (4), insert—
“(4A) Where aggregate pension contributions are repaid under paragraph (3A), the fire and rescue authority shall transfer from their Firefighters' Pension Fund to any other fund maintained by them an amount equal to the aggregate of the amounts that they have paid by way of employer’s contributions under rule G2(3) in respect of the firefighter concerned.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/1074/schedule/1/paragraph/40 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-wales-amendment-order-2007/schedule-1/paragraph-40
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