# The Firefighters’ Pension Schemes (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2015, Regulation 10: Amendment of regulation 66


In regulation 66 (annual rate of ill-health awards)—
(a) after paragraph (3), insert—
“(3A) In the case of a member who is entitled to 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, the adjusted lower tier ill-health pension includes the adjusted equivalent amount.”; and
(b) in paragraph (4), after the definition of “the adjusted lower tier ill-health pension” insert—
““the adjusted equivalent amount” means—
(a) in the case of a member who is entitled to an equivalent amount to the NFPS lower tier ill-health pension, that amount calculated—
(i) excluding from the calculation the amount of any additional period of service purchased under Part 11 of the NFPS, and
(ii) without the deduction of any commuted portion;
(b) in the case of a member who is entitled to the equivalent amount to the 1992 Scheme lower tier ill-health pension, that amount calculated without the deduction of any commuted portion;”.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/141/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-schemes-amendment-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-10
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.