Regulation 15 Scheme employmentI1

England and Wales

(1)

For the purposes of these Regulations, a person is in scheme employment if that person is employed as a firefighter by an authority and satisfies the requirement in paragraph (2) or paragraph (3).

(2)

A person who took up employment on or after 1 April 2015 satisfies the requirement in this paragraph where that person’s role on taking up employment includes—

(a)

resolving operational incidents; or

(b)

leading and supporting others in the resolution of operational incidents.

F1(3)

A person who is a member of the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS satisfies the requirement in this paragraph.

(4)

The employer of a person in scheme employment is referred to in these Regulations as the “scheme employer”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 15(3) substituted (1.4.2015) by The Firefighters' Pension Scheme (Wales) (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1016), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 3

Commencement

I1: Reg. 15 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1(2)