{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-80A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-80A.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2015/622",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Wales) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-wales-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/80A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "80A",
  "heading": "Option to commute part of an equivalent amount",
  "text": "(1) A member who becomes entitled to the immediate payment of an equivalent amount to the NFPS lower tier ill-health pension or to an equivalent amount to the 1992 Scheme lower tier ill-health pension may opt under this regulation to exchange part of the pension for a lump sum.\n(2) The option may only be exercised—\n(a) by written notice to the scheme manager which sets out the amount to be commuted; and\n(b) before the first payment of the equivalent amount to the NFPS lower tier ill-health pension or to an equivalent amount to the 1992 Scheme lower tier ill-health pension is made.\n(3) Where the person is entitled to the immediate payment of an equivalent amount to the NFPS lower tier ill-health pension and exercises the option to commute under this regulation, the lump sum is calculated—\n(a) in the case of a person who is a connected member of the NFPS, in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (4) of rule 9 (commutation: general) of Part 3 of the NFPS, and\n(b) in the case of a person who is a connected special member of the NFPS, in accordance with paragraphs (2A), (4) and (4A) of rule 9 of Part 3 of that scheme.\n(4) Where the person is entitled to the immediate payment of an equivalent amount to the 1992 Scheme lower tier ill-health pension and exercises the option to commute under this regulation, the lump sum is calculated in accordance with rule B7 (commutation – general provision) of the 1992 Scheme.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 80A inserted (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. 5(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 80A(4) inserted (with effect from 1.4.2015) by The Firefighters' Pension Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/576), regs. 1(2)(3), 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/622/regulation/80A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:35:17.892397+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."
}