{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-wales-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-regulations-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2015/1016",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Wales) (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-wales-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-regulations-2015",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Part 1 (title and interpretation), in rule 2(1)—\n(a) in the appropriate places insert—\n““the 2013 Act” (“Deddf 2013”) means the Public Service Pensions Act 2013;”;\n““connected member” (“aelod cysylltiedig”) has the meaning given in rule 1C of Part 2;”;\n““connected special member” (“aelod arbennig cysylltiedig”) has the meaning given in rule 1D of Part 2;”;\n““continued pension” (“pensiwn parhaus”) has the meaning given in rule 1B of Part 3;”;\n““continuity of service” (“parhad gwasanaeth”) has the meaning given in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations;”;\n““equivalent amount to the NFPS lower tier ill-health pension” (“swm cyfwerth â’r pensiwn afiechyd haen isaf CPNDT”) has the meaning given in regulation 74(5) of the 2015 Regulations;”;\n““final salary link” (“cyswllt cyflog terfynol”) means the final salary link which applies when the requirements of paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 to the 2013 Act are met;”;\n““scheme closing date” (“dyddiad cau’r cynllun”) means 31 March 2015;”;\n““scheme employment” (“cyflogaeth gynllun”) in relation to the 2015 Scheme has the meaning given in regulation 15 of the 2015 Regulations;”;\n““tapered protection closing date” (“dyddiad cau diogelwch taprog”) has the meaning given in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations;”;\n““transition date” (“dyddiad trosiant”) means—\n(a) if the firefighter member or the special firefighter member is a tapered protection member of this Scheme, the date after the tapered protection closing date for that member;\n(b) if the firefighter member or special firefighter member is not a full protection member of this Scheme or a tapered protection member of this Scheme, the date after the scheme closing date; or\n(c) the date on which the member ceased to be a full protection member of this Scheme;”;\n““transition member” (“aelod trosiannol”) has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations;”;\n(b) for the definition of “Scheme Actuary” substitute—\n““Scheme Actuary” (“Actiwari’r Cynllun”) means the actuary appointed by the Welsh Ministers under regulation 159 (appointment of scheme actuary) of the 2015 Regulations;”;\n(c) for the definition of “special member” substitute—\n““special member” (“aelod arbennig”) means—\n(a) a special firefighter member,\n(b) a special deferred member,\n(c) a special pensioner member,\n(d) a connected special member;”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1016/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:35:00.440441+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."
}