{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-schemes-amendment-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-schemes-amendment-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2015/141",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters’ Pension Schemes (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-schemes-amendment-scotland-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Insertion of regulation 71A",
  "text": "After regulation 71, insert—\n“Option to commute part of an equivalent amount\n71A. (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 rule, 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.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/141/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:30:04.249898+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."
}