Paragraph 2 Eligibility conditions

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 1 Annex A1 para. 5 Table substituted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme (Contributions) 2014 art. 3
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 10 rule 2A(1)(b) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 5(3)(a)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 10 rule 2A(3) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 5(3)(b)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 2(9) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 6(2)
Sch. 1 Scheme Annex 1 para. 6 words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 9(2)
Sch. 1 Annex A1 inserted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme (Contributions) 2012 art. 4
Sch. 1 Annex 1(7) inserted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) 2015 Sch. 2 para. 8
Sch. 1 Pt. 2 rule 1(1)(b)(iii) and word omitted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme 2009 Sch. 1 para. 2(a)(ii)
Sch. 1 Pt. 2 rule 1(5)(a) words added by Firefighters' Pension Scheme 2009 Sch. 1 para. 2(b)
Sch. 1 Pt. 2 rule 1(5)(b) words added by Firefighters' Pension Scheme 2009 Sch. 1 para. 2(b)
Sch. 1 Pt. 2 rule 1(5)(c) words added by Firefighters' Pension Scheme 2009 Sch. 1 para. 2(b)
Sch. 1 Pt. 2 rule 1(7) words substituted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme 2009 Sch. 1 para. 2(d)(i)
Sch. 1 Pt. 2 rule 1(7) words inserted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme 2009 Sch. 1 para. 2(d)(ii)
Sch. 1 para. 2(1) words substituted by General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) 2010 Sch. 3 para. 15
Sch. 1 Pt. 2 rule 1(1)(b)(i) word added by Firefighters' Pension Scheme 2009 Sch. 1 para. 2(a)(i)
Sch. 1 Pt. 2 rule 1(6) substituted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme 2009 Sch. 1 para. 2(c)
Sch. 1 Pt. 2 rule 1(8) words inserted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme 2009 Sch. 1 para. 2(e)
Sch. 1 Pt. 2 rule 1(10) words substituted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme 2009 Sch. 1 para. 2(f)
Sch. 1 Pt. 2 rule 2(1)(b) substituted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme 2009 Sch. 1 para. 3(a)
Sch. 1 Pt. 2 rule 5(1A) inserted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme 2009 Sch. 1 para. 3(b)
Sch. 1 Pt. 2 rule 1(2) words substituted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme 2013 Sch. para. 2(a)(i)
Sch. 1 Pt. 2 rule 2A inserted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme 2013 Sch. para. 2(a)(ii)
Sch. 1 Pt. 2 rule 5(1ZA) inserted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme 2013 Sch. para. 2(b)
Sch. 1 Pt. 2 rule 6(1) substituted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme 2013 Sch. para. 2(c)(i)
Sch. 1 Pt. 2 rule 6(1A) inserted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme 2013 Sch. para. 2(c)(ii)
Sch. 1 Pt. 2 rule 6(2)(3) omitted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme 2013 Sch. para. 2(c)(iii)
Sch. 1 Pt. 2 rule 6(4) words inserted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme 2013 Sch. para. 2(c)(iv)
Sch. 1 Annex A1 para. 5 Table substituted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme (Contributions) 2013 art. 4
Sch. 1 Scheme Annex ZA inserted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme Order 2014 Sch. para. 14
Sch. 1 Scheme Annex A1 para. 5 substituted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme Order 2014 Sch. para. 15(2)
Sch. 1 Scheme Annex AB1 inserted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme Order 2014 Sch. para. 16
Sch. 1 Scheme Annex 1 para. 4-6 inserted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme Order 2014 Sch. para. 17
Sch. 1 Scheme Annex 2 para. 4(3)(a) words inserted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme Order 2014 Sch. para. 18(1)(a)
Sch. 1 Scheme Annex 2 para. 8A inserted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme Order 2014 Sch. para. 18(1)(b)
Sch. 1 Scheme Annex 2 para. 10(3) substituted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme Order 2014 Sch. para. 18(1)(c)
Sch. 1 Scheme Annex 3 inserted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme Order 2014 Sch. para. 19
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 1 rule 2(1) words inserted by Firefighters' Compensation Scheme and Pension Scheme 2015 Sch. 2 para. 1(a)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 1 rule 2(1) words substituted by Firefighters' Compensation Scheme and Pension Scheme 2015 Sch. 2 para. 1(b)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 1 rule 2(1) words substituted by Firefighters' Compensation Scheme and Pension Scheme 2015 Sch. 2 para. 1(c)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 1 rule 2(1) words substituted by Firefighters' Compensation Scheme and Pension Scheme 2015 Sch. 2 para. 1(d)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 1 rule 2(1) words substituted by Firefighters' Compensation Scheme and Pension Scheme 2015 Sch. 2 para. 1(e)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 1 rule 2(1) words substituted by Firefighters' Compensation Scheme and Pension Scheme 2015 Sch. 2 para. 1(f)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 2 rule 1(11) inserted by Firefighters' Compensation Scheme and Pension Scheme 2015 Sch. 2 para. 2(2)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 2 rule 2A(2) words inserted by Firefighters' Compensation Scheme and Pension Scheme 2015 Sch. 2 para. 2(3)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 6A(2) word inserted by Firefighters' Compensation Scheme and Pension Scheme 2015 Sch. 2 para. 3(2)(a)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 6A(14)(15) inserted by Firefighters' Compensation Scheme and Pension Scheme 2015 Sch. 2 para. 3(2)(b)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 6B(12) words inserted by Firefighters' Compensation Scheme and Pension Scheme 2015 Sch. 2 para. 3(3)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 6C inserted by Firefighters' Compensation Scheme and Pension Scheme 2015 Sch. 2 para. 3(4)
Sch. 1 Scheme Annex ZA Table substituted by Firefighters' Compensation Scheme and Pension Scheme 2015 Sch. 2 para. 4
Sch. 1 Scheme Annex A1 para. 5 Table substituted by Firefighters' Compensation Scheme and Pension Scheme 2015 Sch. 2 para. 5
Sch. 1 Scheme Annex AB1 para. 6 Table words inserted by Firefighters' Compensation Scheme and Pension Scheme 2015 Sch. 2 para. 6(1)
Sch. 1 Scheme Annex AB1 para. 6 Table inserted by Firefighters' Compensation Scheme and Pension Scheme 2015 Sch. 2 para. 6(2)
Sch. 1 Scheme Table of Contents Pt. 4 Ch. 1 heading words substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2018 art. 3(2)
Sch. 1 Scheme Table of Contents Pt. 4 rule 1 heading words substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2018 art. 3(2)
Sch. 1 SchemeTable of Contents Pt. 4 rule 5 heading words substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2018 art. 3(2)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 1 rule 2(1) words substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2018 art. 3(3)(a)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 1 rule 2(1) words omitted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2018 art. 3(3)(b)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 1 rule 2(1) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2018 art. 3(3)(c)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 2 rule 1(5)(b) words substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2018 art. 3(4)(a)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 2 rule 1(6) substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2018 art. 3(4)(b)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 2 rule 1(7)(b) words substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2018 art. 3(4)(c)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 2 rule 1(8)(9) omitted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2018 art. 3(4)(d)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 3 rule 11(2)(a) words substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2018 art. 3(5)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 4 Ch. 1 heading words substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2018 art. 3(6)(a)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 4 rule 1 heading words substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2018 art. 3(6)(a)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 4 rule 1(1) words substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2018 art. 3(6)(b)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 4 rule 5 heading words substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2018 art. 3(6)(c)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 7 rule 3(3) words substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2018 art. 3(7)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 1(7)(8) words substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2018 art. 3(8)(a)(i)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 1(8) words substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2018 art. 3(8)(a)(ii)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 1(9) words substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2018 art. 3(8)(a)(iii)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 2(2A)(b) words substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2018 art. 3(8)(b)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 15 rule 5(3) omitted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2018 art. 3(9)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 15 rule 6(3) omitted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2018 art. 3(9)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 1 rule 2(1) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(a)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 1 rule 2(1) words substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(b)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 1 rule 2(1) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(c)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 2 rule 1A(7)(b) words substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 2(2)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 2 rule 1A(11)(b) words substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 2(2)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 2 rule 1A(11)(b) words substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 2(3)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 3 rule 2A(3) substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 3(2)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 3 rule 2A(15)-(19) inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 3(3)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 5 rule 1B 1C inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 4(2)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 10 rule 1(h) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 5(2)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 10 rule 1(i) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 5(2)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 5B 5C inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 6(3)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 6A heading words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 6(4)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 6A(1) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 6(5)(a)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 6A(2)(c) inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 6(5)(b)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 6A(3) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 6(5)(c)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 6A(4) substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 6(5)(d)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 6A(6)(a)(b) substituted for words by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 6(5)(e)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 6A(7) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 6(5)(f)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 6A(7A) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 6(5)(f)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 6A(8) substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 6(5)(g)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 6A(10)(a)(b) substituted for words by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 6(5)(h)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 6B heading words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 6(6)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 6B(1) substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 6(7)(a)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 6B(3) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 6(7)(b)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 6B(4A) inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 6(7)(c)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 6B(7)(a) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 6(7)(d)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 6B(7)(b) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 6(7)(d)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 6B(12) word inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 6(7)(e)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 6B(13)(14) inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 6(7)(f)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 11 rule 6D 6E inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 6(8)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 11A(1) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(2)(a)(i)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 11A(1) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(2)(a)(ii)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 11A(2) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(2)(b)(i)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 11A(2) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(2)(b)(ii)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 11A(2) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(2)(b)(iii)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 11A(3) words substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(2)(c)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 16(1) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(3)(a)(i)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 16(1) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(3)(a)(ii)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 16(2) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(3)(b)(i)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 16(2) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(3)(b)(ii)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 16(3) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(3)(c)(i)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 16(3) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(3)(c)(ii)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 16(5) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(4)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 17(1)(a) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(5)(a)(i)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 17(1)(a) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(5)(a)(ii)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 17(3) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(5)(b)(i)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 17(3) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(5)(b)(ii)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 17(4) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(5)(c)(i)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 17(4) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(5)(c)(ii)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 17(8) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(5)(d)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 18(1)(a) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(6)(a)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 18(3) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(6)(b)(i)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 18(3) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(6)(b)(ii)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 18(4) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(6)(c)(i)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 18(4) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(6)(c)(ii)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 18(8) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(7)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 12 rule 19 20 inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 7(8)
Sch. 1 Scheme Pt. 14 rule 4(3) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme 2024 Sch. 1 para. 8(2)

(1)

A firefighter member is eligible for a pension under this Scheme if—

(a)

the member has at least three months' qualifying service; or

(b)

a transfer value payment in respect of the member’s rights under a personal pension scheme has been in accordance with Part 12; or

(c)

the member reaches normal retirement age.