# The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Wales) (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015, Paragraph 1

Extent: E+W

In Part 1 (title and interpretation), in rule 2(1)—
(a) in the appropriate places insert—
““the 2013 Act” (“Deddf 2013”) means the Public Service Pensions Act 2013;”;
““connected member” (“aelod cysylltiedig”) has the meaning given in rule 1C of Part 2;”;
““connected special member” (“aelod arbennig cysylltiedig”) has the meaning given in rule 1D of Part 2;”;
““continued pension” (“pensiwn parhaus”) has the meaning given in rule 1B of Part 3;”;
““continuity of service” (“parhad gwasanaeth”) has the meaning given in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations;”;
““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;”;
““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;”;
““scheme closing date” (“dyddiad cau’r cynllun”) means 31 March 2015;”;
““scheme employment” (“cyflogaeth gynllun”) in relation to the 2015 Scheme has the meaning given in regulation 15 of the 2015 Regulations;”;
““tapered protection closing date” (“dyddiad cau diogelwch taprog”) has the meaning given in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations;”;
““transition date” (“dyddiad trosiant”) means—
(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;
(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
(c) the date on which the member ceased to be a full protection member of this Scheme;”;
““transition member” (“aelod trosiannol”) has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations;”;
(b) for the definition of “Scheme Actuary” substitute—
““Scheme Actuary” (“Actiwari’r Cynllun”) means the actuary appointed by the Welsh Ministers under regulation 159 (appointment of scheme actuary) of the 2015 Regulations;”;
(c) for the definition of “special member” substitute—
““special member” (“aelod arbennig”) means—
(a) a special firefighter member,
(b) a special deferred member,
(c) a special pensioner member,
(d) a connected special member;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1016/schedule/2/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-wales-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-regulations-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-1
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